CA has launched a list of the worst spyware threats as part of a new program to combat unwanted software "pests." At the top of that list: the peer-to-peer application Kazaa.
The company says an alleged Trojan on a Symbian-based Nokia phone—which limits functionality and replaces display icons with images of skulls—could be nothing more than a poorly written application.
A researcher has found that even the best-performing anti-spyware scanner failed to detect about 25 percent of the "critical" files and registry entries installed by the malicious programs.