Malware Fights Back

A Top 10 List:
1 Adware.NewDotNet
2 Adware.180Solutions
3 AdWare.WildTangent.b
4 AdWare.BetterInternet
5 AdWare.ToolBar.MyWebSearch
6 Adware.Gator
7 Adware.Gator.a
8 AdWare.FunWeb.d
9 Adware.ToolBar.ISearch.d
10 AdWare.BetterInternet.b

Here's one that is just an abuse of the legal system. Adware vendors -- you know the people who infect your computer with pop-ups, advertisements and secret applications that log your surfing behaviour and cough up ads when you surf -- are taking the anti-spyware fight to the vendors that are making anti-spyware software or hosting discussion groups. They don't want to be accused of being malcontents who make their living at the expense of end users. So they're suing. The big anti-spyware vendors can fend them off, but the smaller players, without the deep pockets, are having to turn tail. Check out this site for the results of the litigations.