Universities have begun thwarting the operation of software that promises to accelerate Internet performance and protect its users from malware infections because they feel the program is actually spyware. A number of schools, including Columbia University, Cornell, Indiana State and Penn State, have advised their students to avoid using or have blocked access to addresses used by a program called Marketscore, a product deployed by ComScore Networks, a consumer marketing firm in Reston, Virginia.
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Universities Crack Down on Alleged Spyware Program
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. December 2, 2004 07:27 AMUniversities have begun thwarting the operation of software that promises to accelerate Internet performance and protect its users from malware infections because they feel the program is actually spyware. A number of schools, including Columbia University, Cornell, Indiana State and Penn State, have advised their students to avoid using or have blocked access to addresses used by a program called Marketscore, a product deployed by ComScore Networks, a consumer marketing firm in Reston, Virginia.