Spyware

Yahoo Search has begun a partnership with McAfee, Inc. to provide SearchScan , which uses McAfee's SiteAdvisor technology to flag URLs it deems "risky" in the search results. Results are flagged with the type of danger below the title. This new feature is primarily aimed at preventing spyware and other malicious software from being downloaded on searchers' computers as well as at ...

The wiretapping trial of Anthony Pellicano, the accused sleuth to the stars, has offered a close look into the surprisingly easy access to all sorts of spyware.

Fighting for icon space on the desktop is so 2001. The new frontier on a virgin PC is the browser, and Internet companies like Google are jostling for space on the browsers of new PCs.

The wiretapping trial of Anthony Pellicano, the accused sleuth to the stars, has offered a close look into the surprisingly easy access to all sorts of spyware.

Don't just click X--you might be installing malware.

A broad coalition of technology groups today told a federal appeals court to toss out a lawsuit that adware maker Zango is continuing to pursue against computer security vendor Kaspersky Lab, arguing that to do otherwise would harm consumers and the future of the security software market. In May 2007, Bellvue, Wash.-based Zango -- a company that makes software to serve pop-up ads and tracks ...

Anti-malware company Symantec has accused Microsoft of withholding key information about its upcoming Vista OS , in an attempt to gain an unfair advantage in the security market.

PCCleaner 2006, or PC-Cleaner 2006, is a rogue anti-spyware application designed to scare you into purchasing PCCleaner 2006's full version. PCCleaner 2006 may be installed and downloaded via trojan called Zlob found bundled on fake video codecs from adult websites. Once you're infected, Zlob Trojan will display misleading warning messages that pop up on your Taskbar. The fake warning message may claim that your computer is infected with dangerous parasites and will pretend to display spyware results only to trick you into purchasing PCCleaner 2006's commercial version. PCCleaner 2006 is known to be a clone of DriveCleaner. PCCleaner 2006 program may be difficult to remove manually, and may continue to try to recreate itself.