f people who pass them on to their friends and colleagues without verifying their content first.
With the exception of hoaxes, all good antivirus programs will detect trojans, backdoors, worms and logic bombs. For the purposes of simplicity, they will be grouped together and referred to as viruses in this guide. However, an increasing number of vendors now either extend their malware capabilities to include adware, spyware and dialers or are bundling third-party products for the purpose. These applications are discussed in the Spyware Buying Guide (see link>.