Spyware: A little knowledge is a wonderful thing

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 67-70

  Schmidt, Mark B ^a   Arnett, Kirk P ^b  

^a ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNET EXPLORER; RESPONDENTS; SPYWARE;

DATA PRIVACY; DATA REDUCTION; INSPECTION; SECURITY OF DATA; STUDENTS; WEBSITES;

COMPUTER VIRUSES;

EID: 23344441723     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1076211.1076242     Document Type: Review

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