Computer viruses are a growing threat on the Internet. They cost organizations hundreds of millions of dollars every year. In 2007, there are thousands of viruses that can affect— even cripple—your ...

Spyware Preventer is a new rogue anti-spyware program from the family of programs that include XPert Antivirus Enterprise and MS Antivirus 2008. Spyware Preventer is typically advertised through ...

A newly-released app lets you regularly scan your iPhone for Pegasus spyware – which can access almost all the data on a phone – for a one-off cost of just one dollar. A mobile security firm created ...

The Malicious Pornographic Spyware/Riskware Detected Tech Support Scam Popup is a web browser advertisement shown by scammy remote tech support companies that try to scare visitors into thinking that ...

It is becoming a favorite dictate of the security pundit that “spyware is a virus. ? That would be so nice if true. The desire seems to be to not create a separate box for spyware. That way there will ...

It can turn your system against you, slow your browser to a crawl and inhabit your computer like some grotesque parasite. It can cling to your Windows registry with its grasping mandibles and sucking ...

Spyware is fast becoming the next generation of spam. It is software that installs onto a computer or local network, monitors computing habits and delivers the information to third parties. Usually, ...

In a hushed voice, a blushing co-worker asked for help with his computer. The embarrassed editor explained that immediately after launching his web browser, he turned off his monitor in panic. That’s ...

Spyware is a general term used for software that gathers information about Internet users without their knowledge or consent. Symptoms of an afflicted computer can range from intrusive pop-up ads to ...

Microsoft Corp. and the Washington state attorney general have filed lawsuits against antispyware software vendor Secure Computer LLC, alleging that the White Plains, New York, company’s Spyware ...