Saumil Shah and Dave Cole: Adware/Spyware (English)

"The Business

* Timeline?how did we get into this mess?
* The players
* How their business works
* Legislative environment

The Technology

* Technical overview of different types of programs (taxonomy)
* Describe how the programs function
* How adware/spyware is installed
* Hijacking the system
* How it updates itself
* Proven techniques to prevent & remove

Looking ahead

* Market polarization, bad get worse, good get better (more white, less grey)
* Order from chaos
* Installations: Beyond the website
* Growing sophistication
* Exploiting Adware