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Our Not-For-Profit Mission: ■ Offer materials at the best possible prices. ■ Expand strong relationships with the UO. ■ Exceed customers’ expectations. ■ Provide services and products to support UO students, faculty, and staff. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON BOOKSTORE your independent student newspaper ■IKIMMiMIIIMSMl Senate bill seeks to limit, eradicate invasive spyware Software that collects information and advertises on personal computers can slow a system to a crawl BY EVA SYLWESTER NEWS REPORTER Many University students puzzle over why their computers operate slowly for no apparent reason. They could be experiencing the effects of spyware, a target marketing tool that some members of the U.S. Senate are now targeting for prohibition. According to the Microsoft Web site, spyware is computer software that per forms operations such as advertising, collecting personal information or changing the configuration of the host computer, generally without obtaining the computer owner’s consent. “It’s strictly target marketing,” Uni versity Housing computer coordinator Norm Myers said, adding that spyware is not involved in identity theft. Spy ware mainly causes problems with computer operations. “As it looks at what you do, it uses up your computer’s resources,” Myers said. Myers said at UO ResNet, which provides computer services to Univer sity Housing residents, he frequently deals with spyware complaints. “This spyware is more prevalent than the viruses right now,” Myers said. “We get some computers slowed down to a crawl.” Signs of a spyware infection, accord ing to the Microsoft Web site, include frequent pop-up advertisements unre lated to the content of the Web site, mysteriously changed Internet settings and slowing or frequent crashing of the computer.. Myers said spyware causes especial ly dramatic problems when a comput er is infected with multiple pieces of spyware. He compared the interaction between the different spyware pro grams to being in a car with two driv ers, one trying to drive to Idaho and the other to California. “I’ve seen up to 120 different pieces of spyware on a computer,” Myers said. Myers said spyware is often con tracted through Web sites. "The ones I can guarantee are the music-sharing ones,” Myers said, adding that Web sites providing free screen savers and network games also can cause problems. He advised stu dents to pay close attention to the process when they download software from the Internet. “If you just go next-next-next-next, most of the time you add extra stuff you don’t want,” Myers said. Myers said college students are at in creased risk for spyware problems be cause they are more likely to use file sharing programs and ethernet connections rather than modems. “You compare your average college student to a 34-year-old housewife ... the college student’s more likely to get it,” Myers said. Most spyware currently targets Win dows XP operating systems and the Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser, Myers said. Spyware has also been made for Windows 98 and Win dows Millennium operating systems, and Myers said spyware can cause more problems on these older operat ing systems. Macintosh computers are currently less vulnerable to spyware problems than computers with Windows operat ing systems, Myers said. “It’s way behind,” he said, de scribing the state of spyware devel opment for Macintosh computers. “It’s going to get worse, but right now it’s not a problem.” Myers said most spyware programs are not difficult to remove given the proper tools. He recommended Spybot - Search & Destroy (www.safer-net working.org/en/index.html) and Ad Aware (www.lavasoftusa.com/soft ware/adaware), both of which can be downloaded from the Internet for free. Pending legislation headed by U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Conrad Burns (R-Mont.) targets spy ware. The Software Principles Yielding Better Levels of Consumer Knowledge (SPY BLOCK) Act, was introduced in the U.S. Senate on March 20. According to a press release, the bill would prohibit surreptitious installa tion of software. This includes tricking users into installing software by mis representing its source, software that cannot be disabled and software that collects a computer’s user information without the user’s knowledge for pur poses other than maintaining intended operations of existing online service or software. It also prohibits installing software that causes ads to appear, un less the software identifies itself as the source of the ads, and various other deceptive practices that thwart a user’s control over his or her computer. evasylwester@dailyemerald.com Education: Program would decrease financial burden Continued from page 1 to prioritize all programs based on out comes, and since one of our top priori ties is reducing the dropout rate, we believe this program meets that stan dard,” Gordly said. Starr said he hopes to encourage people who receive assistance from the state to support themselves and make a real contribution to society. “We do have a heart, and we’re truly concerned that these people are disadvantaged because of the circumstances under which they were born, not because of who they are,” Starr said. According to the press release, state grants to school districts would subsidize costs for the courses rather than charging students the standard course fees. Students attending pub lic schools in grades 11 or 12 who are at least 16 years old would be eligible for the program. University spokeswoman Pauline Austin said the University would continue its Ducklink program re gardless of the legislation’s out come. According to the Office of Ad missions, the existing program allows eligible Lane County high school students who have exhaust ed the course options in their public school to take University courses. The University waives instruction fees for those students. adamcherry@ daily emerald, com
