Father Dan on February 5th, 2004
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CNET: Web surfers battling “spyware” face a new problem: so-called spyware-killing programs that install the same kind of unwanted advertising software they promise to erase.

A small army of angry Web users has set up a network of Web sites where they post reports of antispyware programs said to prey on consumers by installing offending files. Some of these charges could get a hearing soon, as public-interest group The Center for Democracy & Technology plans to file complaints with the Federal Trade Commission against specific companies.

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