Ben Edelman on the Spyware Money Trail

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Spyware remains a serious concern for anyone who uses Windows. If there weren’t big money in loading your computer with junk, most of the spyware problem would simply disappear. Ben Edelman has been following the spyware money trail for some time now. Publishing investigations into where spyware appears in legitimate advertising and how spyware uses advertising networks to make money for creators of spyware. Recently Ben is exposing companies who are piggybacking on the big pay-per-click networks like Google and Yahoo in what could be construed as fraudulent business practices. Recently Chris spoke with Ben about the spyware money trail and how spyware companies are actively engaging in fraudulent pay-per-click advertising schemes and why the companies who pay them seemingly don’t care where the clicks come from.