Features and Case Studies (57)

  • Fight back against spyware

    Spyware is a growing annoyance for users and organisations. With these techniques, you can help get spyware under control.

  • The spyware inferno

    Venture capitalist Sharon Wienbar explains why discussions about the software ultimately end up resembling Dante's nine circles of Hell.

  • Pest control: Battling spyware

    To help curb the torrent of spyware, ZDNet Australia presents a spyware superguide comprising the latest reviews, tips and tricks aimed at keeping users safe.

  • Google: Gunning for desktop space

    In moving beyond Web search to the desktop, the company faces a slew of challenges: controversy over privacy, technical hurdles and the rivalry of Microsoft among them.

  • Battling spyware in court

    In what could prove to be one of the great second acts in Internet history, erstwhile king of spam Sanford Wallace takes centre stage this week as exhibit A in a federal crackdown on invasive online advertising software.

  • Do-gooder Trojan has nasty bite

    Symantec is warning Internet users of a Trojan horse that removes spyware but alters the security settings in computers.

  • What you can do to get rid of 'spyware'

    Lots of downloadable apps now come with unwanted add-ons: "spyware" programs that observe your online moves, then deliver targeted pop-up ads. I hate this stuff. Here's what I do about it.

  • Part II: Most popular security issues

    Critical security questions answered in the second part of this series include holding data to ransom, scaremongering, Internet law, spammers making money, the uber-virus, and spyware at home.

  • Windows 7 beta: We like it

    Windows 7 will be one of Microsoft's greatest operating systems, if it fulfils the promise shown by the unofficial beta version we have been testing for the past couple of days.

  • Feature: Ad-supported software

    How feasible is it that you could escape paying hefty licensing fees by using software subsidised by advertisements?

  • 2007: How was it for security?

    Security researchers worked overtime in 2007, which turned out to be a nightmare for software vendors from day one.

  • Superguide: the death of 'trusted' Web sites?

    The explosion in drive-by download attacks continues to grow. How has the situation got so dangerous? Are there any "trusted" Web sites left?

  • Is Windows still relevant?

    In the increasingly Google-YouTube-Web 2.0 age we inhabit, it's become fashionable to dismiss Windows as a relic.

  • The Netscaping of Symantec and McAfee

    Vendors Symantec and McAfee have looked into the future and don't want to become the next Netscapes.

  • Google's desktop bet

    Google faces a difficult task if it tries to transplant its successful Web search business to the desktop.

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