AOL Swaps Spyware Protection Vendor

America Online has released the second version of its spyware protection software for 20 million AOL members, which is now built upon PestPatrol from Computer Associates. AOL Spyware Protection 2.0 includes four different scans for malware which run in intervals ranging from 60 seconds, 15 minutes, daily and weekly.

ASP 2.0, which has been in beta testing for the last few months, will be delivered automatically to AOL members during sign-in. Because the product only works using unused memory, AOL says it does not "slow or interfere with computer performance during scans or updates." A new release with the ability to block spyware before it's installed is due later this year.