The University of Calgary is at it again. The Canadian school gained some notoriety two years ago when its computer science department launched a course on computer viruses,
which included, as part of the coursework, writing a virus. This week, the brains behind the virus course, Assistant Professor John Aycock, announced an offering for this fall on spyware and spam, which includes writing a spyware program. “In some ways it would seem irresponsible not to be teaching our students about these topics,” Aycock told TechNewsWorld.
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Malware 101: University Offers Course on Spyware
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. February 10, 2005 07:56 AMThe University of Calgary is at it again. The Canadian school gained some notoriety two years ago when its computer science department launched a course on computer viruses,
which included, as part of the coursework, writing a virus. This week, the brains behind the virus course, Assistant Professor John Aycock, announced an offering for this fall on spyware and spam, which includes writing a spyware program. “In some ways it would seem irresponsible not to be teaching our students about these topics,” Aycock told TechNewsWorld.