Reuters - New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said on Tuesday he has sued Direct Revenue, charging the Internet marketer with secretly installing millions of spyware programs that sent unsolicited advertisements to users' computers.

AP - New York's attorney general sued another Internet pop-up advertising company Tuesday, accusing it of secretly installing malicious programs on personal computers and sending ads through "spyware" that is already installed.

NewsFactor - Although spyware has been called the plague of the Internet, some people still regard the invasive software as a kind of digital Avian flu -- it is bad, and potentially very threatening, but happening to someone else.

NewsFactor - Last year was the biggest year yet for spyware, as consumers, small businesses, and enterprises across the globe were invaded by a plague of malicious software.

AP - A new security service from Microsoft Corp. will charge users $49.95 per year to better protect its Windows operating system from spyware, viruses and other Internet attacks.