Title :
Comparing Anti-Spyware products — A different approach
Author :
Shams, Reza ; Farhan, Mohammad ; Khan, Shoab Ahmed ; Hashmi, F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Sir Syed Univ. of Eng. & Technol., Karachi, Pakistan
Abstract :
Spyware is one of the biggest emerging threats that can target both home users and organisations simultaneously. Lots of Anti-Spyware products are available in the market which can protect from Spyware threat. Existing research shows that Spyware causes financial loss and efforts are being made to test Spyware to propose the best Anti-Spyware products to the end users. This research focuses on different aspects of Anti-Spyware testing that the test should be conducted in real life environment in which the users operate. Anti-Spyware programs are selected by carefully researching through existing test result s conducted by different internet security companies. The products are evaluated and tested to propose the suitable products to the end users. Some recommendations are also proposed on the basis of this research to help end user to increase their Spyware security.
Keywords :
invasive software; program testing; Internet security companies; anti spyware product comparison; anti spyware testing; financial loss; Browsers; Computers; Internet; Software; Spyware; Testing; Anti-Spyware; Internet; Security; Spyware;
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence Conference (ITAIC), 2011 6th IEEE Joint International
Conference_Location :
Chongqing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8622-9
DOI :
10.1109/ITAIC.2011.6030154