Sometimes in 1999 viruses started showing their menacing face and computer users were in a fix. Sensitive data like personal information was being hacked and stolen. Even teenagers were not spared, in what came to be known as ‘cyber bullying’. There was little or no parental control and teens and preteens were a soft target to cyber bullying as a victim or an instigator. Enter Daniel Assouline Montreal, the then CEO of Lavasoft, who pioneered the anti-spyware software. It retains its leadership position today in the anti-spyware segment.
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