Adware is a type of malware that displays unwanted ads and can track your online activity. Adware spreads through free app ...

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

In the midst of working on an important assignment for class, junior Ben Alexander left the room to get some food and returned, minutes later, to find that his computer screen was completely covered ...

New York state has gone on the attack against spyware and adware by filing a lawsuit against a Los Angeles-based marketing company that allegedly installed the “invasive” software onto consumers’ ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...