Spyware has become such a universal problem that an entire industry has grown up around software designed to remove it. Initially the purview of developers of shareware and freeware, the demand for ...

In the years since that fateful meeting, I’ve become PCMag’s expert on security, privacy, and identity protection, putting antivirus tools, security suites, and all kinds of security software through ...

Your smartphone holds your entire life, making it a prime target for hackers and spies. Here's how to protect it.

Each day companies are faced with increasingly sophisticated attacks on privacy and security that evade traditional firewalls and are immune to anti-virus technology. The most threatening and rapidly ...

Spy Remover detected spyware and adware unremarkably and was hampered by false positives and an awkward interface. The program missed EasyInstall, New.net, PromulGate, and SideStep and ignored the key ...

Ransom-ware, the term some have slapped on malicious code that infects a PC, then demands money in return for cleaning up the machine or unlocking suddenly-encrypted documents, is just another example ...

Spyware can hijack your browser's home page and display random annoying pop-up ads, as well as track your surfing habits to send your private information to its parent company. Here are three apps to ...

The Federal Trade Commission won an injunction against a Houston, Texas-based company for making false claims of removing spyware from consumers' computers. A judge for the U.S. District Court for the ...

Adware purveyor 180solutions has filed suit in state court in Washington against ZoneLabs, which sells spyware removal software. 180solutions charges that ZoneLabs' software "creates the misimpression ...

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’ ...