Worst Spyware Down, Infected Sites Up

"Although the worst kind of spyware declined during the first quarter, anti-spyware vendor Webroot monitored a dramatic increase in the number of Web sites that host spyware."

[Information Week]

Bambi at CBS Marketwatch also comments on Spitzer and spyware given the recent actions against Intermix (myspace):
"If history is any guide, the attorney general -- who's taken on Wall Street, brokerages, insurers and others -- won't be satisfied with one tiny company. There are a whole slew of companies that distribute malicious adware applications as well as advertisers or ad networks that know such practices occur but turn a blind eye to them."

"There are file-sharing companies, like Grokster, Morpheus and Kazaa that bundle their software with 20 to 30 adware applications, according to Webroot CEO David Moll."

"Then there are companies, backed by major venture capitalists, like 180Solutions, funded by Spectrum Equity Investors, as well as Claria/Gator, Direct Revenue and eXact Advertising, that many observers consider adware/spyware companies."