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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
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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