3. Report to Mining Management on: Recommendation for Anti-Spyware to be installed in six (6) Personal Computers in the Mine Site Office

4. Method Used: 1. Search Internet and technical magazines for independent review of Anti-Spyware 2. Tabulate Summary of Results 3. Develop recommendation for six computers with a budget under $1,000

5.  Computer Monitoring software that sends information about your Web surfing habits, keystrokes etc. to a central Web Server for either marketing or criminal purposes.  Spyware is often installed without the users knowledge or explicit permission in combination with a free download.

6.  Domestic Spyware is software that is usually purchased and installed by computer owners  Commercial Spyware used by Companies that track your online habits often sell this information to others

7.  Many Viruses these days are also designed to behave as Spyware by monitoring and reporting back to a central Web server  Trojans also generate hits for advertising revenue etc  Blurring of line between Virus & Spyware  Need unified scanner that detects and removes both Spyware and Virus threats

8.  Feature set  Effectiveness  Ease of Use  Customisation  Ease of Setup / Installation  Help Support – online & phone

9. Spy Sweeper V5.2 (Webroot) Recommended Software

10.  Free customer support  Use friendly at all levels  Advance updates  Design for all windows platforms  Free trial version  Available with Antivirus

12.  Easy to install and configured but requires reboot  Daily and automatic updates  Toll-free / online customer support  Custom removals of spyware  Easy to integrate with antivirus Software

14.  Best anti-spyware software overall. Spy Sweeper is considered the best all-around anti- spyware program in the greatest number of reviews because of its high detection rates and superior ease of use.  Most effective anti-spyware program. In the very latest testing, Spyware Doctor is slightly better at removing spyware from test systems (PC User October 2007)

15. Several vendor neutral websites and technical magazines were researched in the preparation of this Report to Mining Management. 1. Anti-Spyware Review PC User October 2007 2. http://anti-spyware-review.toptenreviews.com/ http://anti-spyware-review.toptenreviews.com/ 3. http://www.av-comparatives.org/ http://www.av-comparatives.org/ 4. http://reviews.cnet.com/antivirus-and-filtering/windows-defender-version- 1593/4505-3681_7-32784956.html?tag=txt http://reviews.cnet.com/antivirus-and-filtering/windows-defender-version- 1593/4505-3681_7-32784956.html?tag=txt 5. http://www.2009securitysoftwarereviews.com/ http://www.2009securitysoftwarereviews.com/ 6. http://www.webroot.com/En_US/consumer-products-spysweeper.html http://www.webroot.com/En_US/consumer-products-spysweeper.html 7. http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor/ http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor/