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SpyWare: Combating the New Menace Leads to Explosive New Market Opportunities, According to IDC

FRAMINGHAM, Mass., December 1, 2004 From a minor annoyance for home-PC users to a major plight on enterprise environments around the world, SpyWare (also known as AdWare, MalWare, ScumWare, and a host of other sordid names) is infecting millions of computers with multiple purposes: stealing personal information, enabling identity theft, tracking users' online activity, and selling the information back to anyone willing to pay. According to new research from IDC, the need to identify and eradicate these parasitic programs will drive AntiSpyWare software revenues from $12 million in 2003 to $305 million in 2008.
Although not always malicious in nature, SpyWare still causes significant damage to legitimate software, network performance, and employee productivity. Moreover, it crosses the boundary between security and system management by deluging Help Desks with a siege of employee complaints about pop-up advertisements, applications failures, and poor PC performance.

Holiday In Wales At worst, SpyWare's ability to track keystrokes, scan hard drives, and change system and registry settings is a tremendous personal and enterprise security threat. These activities can lead to identity theft, data corruption, and even theft of company trade secrets. "Today, more malicious SpyWare can easily infiltrate corporate firewalls," said Brian Burke, research manager, Security Products at IDC. "These programs make their way into the corporate Intranet under the guise of less-threatening network traffic and, once in, they can wreak havoc."

Firms supplying water in England and Wales are making clear efforts to improve efficiency, according to a new report from regulatory board Ofwat today.

Holiday Wales Key findings from IDC's study of the SpyWare market include the following:

The amount of leakage by water companies in England and Wales fell by approximately 20 million litres per day this year, according to new figures.

Cottage Holiday In Wales * SpyWare is often bundled with legitimate programs, allowing it to easily pass through firewalls uncontested
* A recent IDC survey of over 600 organizations listed SpyWare as the fourth-greatest threat to a company's enterprise network security
* IDC estimates that 67% of all computers (mostly consumer) have some form of SpyWare
* Rising SpyWare threats and increasing demand for protection have forced established security vendors to build, buy, or partner with standalone antiSpyWare vendors

The supply of broadband in the UK continues to flourish, notably in Wales, according to a new report from BT.

Caravan Holiday In Wales In the comprehensive study, Worldwide SpyWare 2004-2008 Forecast and Analysis: Security and System Management Sharing Nightmares (IDC #32229), IDC defines the SpyWare security threat and its repercussions as well as forecasts the potential market. It examines the key players in the market and provides insight and analysis on products and solutions poised to have an impact.

There were on average two county court judgements (CCJs) olds in England and Wales over the last year, according to new figures.

Camping Holiday Wales To purchase this study, call IDC Sales at 508-988-7988 or email sales@idc.com.

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