Antispyware Adoption In 2005: "In January 2005, Forrester surveyed 200 technology decision-makers about their approach to IT security. We learned that although respondents ranked spyware fourth out of a list of nine possible threats to the organization, 80% of companies currently use antispyware tools. Many firms currently use free tools like Lavasoft's Ad-Aware. Sixty-five percent of companies will purchase or upgrade their antispyware software this year, making antispyware tools the most-purchased security technology in 2005. However, 39% of respondents were not able to estimate how many systems in their organization were infected with spyware."—Forrester