Microsoft has corrected a mistake in its anti-spyware product that flagged some Symantec security tools as malicious software.
Software giant Microsoft has moved to quash claims it gave preferential treatment to adware maker Claria, amid talks of a merger.
The Security Center in the Windows Vista October Community Technical Preview (CTP) is sporting a status bar titled Spyware Protection. Here's a closer look at the Spyware Protection status bar and explore the implications of it presence.
The software giant has been scooping up companies in the security field, but analysts wonder what it all adds up to.
Spyware is gaining more mindshare amongst IT departments and security vendors alike. We round up eight tools that take on the undercover software.
The anti-spyware software recently announced by Microsoft is now mature enough to evaluate but is it a godsend?
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Symantec is warning Internet users of a Trojan horse that removes spyware but alters the security settings in computers.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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