Spyware is a type of malware that monitors you, steals sensitive information from your PC, and sends it to third parties without your knowledge.

Yesterday my Windows PC was starting up slowly, and when I looked in the task list I saw an entry at the top for GiantAntiSpywareUpdater and then it went away. I have never heard of GiantAntiSpyware ...

Microsoft Corp. gave an official name to its software for protecting computer users against spyware. The software, which has been known as Windows AntiSpyware Beta 1, will be called Windows Defender ...

What do I do if I suspect someone is controlling my PC? When my IP address has been changed without my knowledge? My boot-up process is getting harder unless I unplug the Ethernet cable and the CPU is ...

Microsoft has purchased Giant Company Software, a small anti-spyware software company it hopes will shore up its security defenses. Microsoft declined to say how much it paid for the 10-person company ...

According to Framingham, Mass.-based IDC, the need to search out and destroy spyware will drive anti-spyware software revenues from $12 million in 2003, to $31 million in 2004, to $305 million in 2008 ...

With the ink barely dry on Microsoft’s acquisition of antispyware company Giant Company Software questions have arisen about the ownership of the antispyware code Microsoft bought. Microsoft ...