First, here's a quick excursion into malware terminology. Important differences exist. To fight effectively, you've first got to know what you're fighting. A virus is characterized by its ability--or, ...

Spyware rarely announces itself with pop-ups or flashing warnings. It slips into everyday routines, quietly tracking what you type, where you click, and which accounts you open, often for months ...

After going quiet for a few months amid public exposure and US sanctions, the Predator spyware is back and is even better to evade detection. This is the worrying revelation coming from experts at ...

Antivirus and security suites should protect you against all types of malware, including spyware. These are our top tested choices for the best spyware protection. When the IBM PC was new, I served as ...

As spyware has proliferated on the Web, so have companies that sell spyware removal products. But as consumers have come to learn, many of these anti-spyware tools have problems of their own; they ...

Spyware, malware, adware, phishing: real problems, or just marketing tools used by LTN-Security vendors that are trying to capitalize on your fear? They present real threats, asserted both the ...

On top of collecting operators' profits and money for consumer redress, commission would like ability to impose civil fines on companies issuing spyware Organizations and law enforcement agencies ...

Microsoft Corp.’s announcement last week that it has purchased a small vendor of antispyware tools serves to highlight the growing seriousness of the spyware problem for users, according to security ...

Webroot’s quarterly report on spyware is a very interesting read and is available as a free download from the company’s Web site. For messaging managers, network administrators and others charged with ...

Organizations and law enforcement agencies fighting spyware are making progress, but new tools in an antispyware bill stalled in Congress could improve the efforts, a member of the Federal Trade ...