How will spyware products react to Internet Spyware Prevention Act

According to Mike Healan, editor of SpywareInfo.com, spyware makers will split into two groups in response to the recently passed Internet Spyware Prevention (I-SPY) Act: one group will appear to comply with regulations while the other will develop spywares that are harder to detect and remove. Anti-spyware vendors will have difficulties determining which programs comply with spyware laws while blocking the more malicious variety. Aluria Software plans to do both by leading companies out of the spyware market and into legitimate advertising. A number of spyware companies have contacted anti-spyware vendors to find out how their products can be counted among the acceptable adwares. However, many producers of malicious spyware are outside the United States and the jurisdiction of I-SPY. Security firm Webroot currently finds 80 new variations of existing spywares and 20 new spywares each week. Research firm Gartner estimates that eighty to ninety percent of computers have some form of spyware. Antivirus vendors are expected to offer anti-spyware tools as spywares become more of a threat. Ream more