The prevalence of spyware and adware has dropped since last year, according to a new report by America Online and the National Cyber Security Alliance. The report, based on in-person interviews with ...

Spyware is designed to stay invisible, so if it’s hiding on your computer, you’re not supposed to notice—at least not right ...

The ranks of spyware and adware expand daily, but some take root more often than others. Here are six of the usual suspects. These spyware and adware mischief-makers have taken root on more than their ...

Following the money trail behind the flood of spyware and adware on the Internet poses some sticky questions around liability, said a panel of spyware experts at a workshop in New York City Friday.

According to USA Today, which looks at big companies and adware: “Big-time online advertising is built on layers: A big advertiser, such as a Fortune 500 company, directs an agency to handle a ...

About this series: Spyware is quickly replacing worms and viruses as IT managers' biggest worry. In this two-part series, security professionals and others debate spyware detection and who is best ...

Spyware and its intimate partner, adware, are among the fastest growing threats to computer users. Many Internet security experts now view spyware and adware as variations of the same thing — ...

A: In my 18 years in the computer service business, nothing has come close to the persistence and pervasiveness of spyware and adware. The impact to virtually anyone running a Windows operating system ...

Source: American Advertising Federation Survey of Industry Leaders on Advertising Trends. Prepared by Atlantic Media Co. November 2004. *Average of all respondents. Base = 121. "Is online advertising ...

Symantec said on Friday it has reached an out-of-court agreement in its adware lawsuit against New York-based Hotbar.com. The deal calls for Symantec to dismiss its suit, but continue to classify ...

About nine months ago, newly hired WhenU CEO Bill Day decided he was going to clean up his company's reputation. WhenU, a 5-year-old, so-called adware company that makes its money by selling targeted ...