Let's Do Something About Spyware, Adware and More

A vicious spyware program has taken over my main PC, and has cost me thousands of dollars in time and expense as well as opening my personal and professional data up to evil doers. I've also spent a lot of words whining about it, and the feedback from readers has been astonishing. I've received hundreds upon hundreds of emails from readers who have had similar nightmare-ish experiences.

The worst part is that we all know who is doing it -- they direct us to their own and their partners' websites using these nefarious programs. But we consumers have been all but powerless to do anything about this -- until now.

I want to start a movement to fight this evil. There's a bill before our legislators called the "Spy Act HR 2929" and in Chapter 47 of that bill there is legislation that will make spyware, adware and other malicious code illegal.

The bill seems to be floundering -- so let's do something about it, in three easy steps:

1. Find and then contact your congressman in the link below. Tell him/her to get this bill passed and to make sure the punishment is $1-3 million per violation and that jail time is included:
http://www.house.gov/writerep/


2. Find and then contact your senator in the link below. Tell him/her to get this bill passed and to make sure the punishment is $1-3 million per violation and that jail time is included:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

3. Finally, click here to send this link to everyone you think might want to join in this fight.

PS. I'm just getting started on this battle. We're gonna get these bad guys.