Selected news stories about the Pew Internet Project and articles citing our data.
Computer snooping a growing problem
7/7/2005 | 
Coverage
Dave Newbart, Chicago Sun-Times
'One person "lost everything.'' For someone else, everything "just shut down.''
These people were not reciting the impact of a hurricane or tornado. Rather, they were telling what happened when their computers became infected by programs known as spyware.
The comments, part of a study released Wednesday by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, show just how big a problem spyware has become to the nation's estimated 135 million Internet users. The project surveyed 2,000 people by phone in May and June.
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