You've outfitted your computer with anti-virus software and bought a spam filter for unwanted email. Just when you thought it was safe to go out on the Internet again, another cyber-pest is baring its ...

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A computer virus is bad. But trying to fix it with unverified anti-virus programs may bring even worse disaster to users. Many anti-virus programs sold on the market are themselves acting as viruses ...

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 ...

Spyware modules are related to computer viruses, but pose a different type of threat to your systems. Spyware is created by underhanded, unethical marketers who want to monitor your customers' ...

Microsoftとワシントン州検事総長Rob McKennaはそれぞれ米国時間1月25日、ワシントン州コンピュータスパイウェア対策法（Washington Computer Spyware Act）のほか、3つの法律に違反したとしてSecure Computerとその関係者らを提訴した。訴状は、25日にワシントン州西部地域 ...

Like viruses and other harmful programs, spyware is a huge security problem. Worse than a typical virus, a spyware program can send corporate data directly from your company’s client computers to an ...

US-based Panda Software said the program called DigiKeyGen generates passwords that supposedly enable users to access to pornographic websites. At the same time, a spyware program and an alleged ...