Like a homicidal maniac from a teen-slasher flick, spyware relentlessly stalks the shadowy corners of the Internet, leaving a trail of ruined registries, crippled CPUs, and jittery users in its wake.
We asked Download.com readers to write in with their most spine-chilling spyware stories. The scary tales we received ran the gamut from malicious intruders with Orwellian overtones to smut-peddling pop-ups. We picked out the ones we felt serve best as cautionary tales and will publish them in serial fashion, one at a time throughout the month. Check back every week for more tales of spyware horror.
Stories
- > Big Brother has your number (and your name)
- > The 180 Search Assistant runs amok
- > Not even a geek could slay this beast
- > Free music with a terrible price
- > The pitfalls of pornography
- > Spyware that comes out swinging
- > Think you're safe? Think again.
- > The seventh circle of spyware hell
- > Hey, shouldn't this be illegal?
- > Spyware that makes small children cry
