Spyware Is Easy to Get, Difficult to Remove, Increasingly Malicious.

Discusses the problems associated with spyware or software that runs in connection with a Web browser. How programs such as Grokster and Kazaa, which allow users to download music, use a form of spyware which runs advertisements on one's computer; Capability of spyware to record personal identification numbers associated with online banking; How spyware often causes Windows and other programs to crash frequently; Suggestion that computer owners use antispyware programs Pest Patrol and Ad-Aware.