A business center computer that "you have no administrative rights over," Siciliano says, "can easily have spyware that records your information as you surf the web and type.
A good portion that are not included are the most critical ones that have the highest threat today: anti-spyware, anti-phishing, advanced firewalls and crimeware protection.
Do NOT browse the internet when you have spyware.
They discovered new mobile versions of the spyware that had been customized for Apple's iOS, Google's Android, Windows Mobile, Nokia's Symbian and BlackBerry's mobile operating systems.
Some popular games include "anti-cheating" spyware that has the power to examine, delete or send copies of every file on your hard drive to the company that made the game.
For instance, Imeem.cm, designed to lure users of the music service Imeem.com, and Gogle.cm were both cited by McAfee as redirecting to Agoga.com, a site that has hosted adware and spyware.
In a survey it conducted last year with the help of Harris Interactive, Websense found that at companies with more than 100 employees, only 6% of those employees thought they had visited Web sites that had infected their PCs with spyware.
One of the firms that has been developing these types of spyware is FinFisher, a German firm that used to be part of UK-based Gamma International.
"You often find that a woman had spyware put on to her computer remotely, so even if she changes the username and password for the cloud on her phone, the abuser can see that on the computer and get back in," Perry says.
Last week, Mr. Fu was at the center of another twist in Mr. Chen's saga when New York University said an iPad and iPhone given to the activist and his family by ChinaAid had spyware installed that would allow outside parties to track their movements and use.
