The Next Plague

As spyware and adware invade campus computers, officials ponder what to do

By VINCENT KIERNAN

Kerry McQuade knew something was amiss when ads started appearing on her computer screen every time she started it.

First Ms. McQuade, a public-affairs assistant at Marist College, in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., was subjected to the ads when she visited certain Web sites. She had to click...

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