Computer viruses are a growing threat on the Internet. They cost organizations hundreds of millions of dollars every year. In 2007, there are thousands of viruses that can affect— even cripple—your ...

Detekt is a free, ready-to-download program developed by a coalition of human rights organizations for the purpose of scanning a user’s computer for traces of surveillance software. The group, which ...

The Malicious Pornographic Spyware/Riskware Detected Tech Support Scam Popup is a web browser advertisement shown by scammy remote tech support companies that try to scare visitors into thinking that ...

Spyware, an intrusive malicious software — or malware — application that slips into computers via free downloads and visits to some Web sites, is quickly becoming the second most troublesome computer ...

It can turn your system against you, slow your browser to a crawl and inhabit your computer like some grotesque parasite. It can cling to your Windows registry with its grasping mandibles and sucking ...

Microsoft Corp. and the Washington state attorney general have filed lawsuits against antispyware software vendor Secure Computer LLC, alleging that the White Plains, New York, company’s Spyware ...