We have seen in the past 18 months, a real surge in Spyware, Adware and Viruses. These different infections are all collectively known as Malware. Big business is trying to fight these developers in court, as recently seen by Microsoft. They are trying to hit them where it hurts, their wallet, in hopes of shutting down their operations for good and making them pay for damages for the messes that they create.
But what can you do as an end user?