If you're concerned about spyware ravaging your PC, you've probably considered--or purchased--a utility such asPC Tools' Spyware Doctor, which costs a reasonable $30.
But PC Tools automatically charges you another $30 every year thereafter, which came as a shock to Lorrie Price, a   casino security worker in Atlantic City. A year after her purchase of Spyware Doctor, which she had paid for with a debit card, Price was surprised to receive e-mail from the company stating that her annual renewal fee had been debited from her checking account.
"This wouldn't be a problem, except that I wasn't informed [in advance that] the company was going to do so," Price says. "I was not notified of any renewal. I was not asked if I wanted a yearly renewal. I did not authorize any renewal, and I definitely did not authorize the company to access my checking account."
