A while ago I wrote about the problems caused by various forms of malicious software that download to your computer while you are surfing the Internet. Spyware is probably the most dangerous. Like the ...

The fruity cargo cult Apple is getting into serious trouble over its current surge in spyware. In April, the tech titan sent out a flurry of notifications to iPhone users across 92 countries, blaring ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Three years have passed since the Pegasus scandal first broke into the public. Yet, we still ...

(CN) — It’s a chilling thought: The specter of Stasi-like government surveillance is back in Europe and yet the European Union’s leaders are ominously silent about a mushrooming of spyware across the ...

I have a recently imaged computer, and everything is fine and dandy. No spyware or anything on it, clean as a whistle. My friend uses my computer, opens up a webpage to look at song lyrics. A pop-up ...

Last week Forrester Research released “Anti-Spyware Adoption in 2005,” a study by analyst David Friedlander with Natalie Lambert, that included some surprising stats. What struck me most was that 39 ...

Spyware appears to be following the same pattern of consumer backlash and litigation as spam, its equally unsolicited and unwanted cousin. Spyware is software installed on a computer that can alter ...

Spyware and adware are pouring into enterprise desktops. How severe is the threat? And what can be done about it? Desktops littered with pop-up ads, computers grinding to a halt under the weight of ...

Can you sue the spyware problem out of existence? The Collins Law Firm in Naperville, IL is giving it a try. In March it filed a class action suit against Direct Revenue LLC, a provider of “free ...

The Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) recently received a note from Time Warner's RoadRunner, its Internet Service Provider (ISP), warning the association that it would be kicked off the network if ...

I've got W2K running on an old pc here, with all the latest windows updates, sp4, hotfixes et all.<BR><BR>However I went to download the windows defender program from microsoft, and the download ...