Webroot, an anti-spyware company has revealed that spyware companies make an estimated 2 billion dollars every year. Some of their methods are questionable according to TheRegister but there can be no doubt that spyware is a profitable business. At the other end of the scale there can be no doubt that spyware costs companies millions of dollars in clean-up duties every year as well.
Speaking as someone at the front of the fight against spyware, I can personally testify as to how many home consumers and businesses have machines literally riddled with the stuff, sometimes to the point where the machines stability is compromised and nearly always to the point of noticeable performance slowdowns.
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