Worried that your computer might have adware or spyware? Free resources are available online for checking a computer running Microsoft Windows. Experts recommend using at least two products because ...

Spyware is fast becoming the next generation of spam. It is software that installs onto a computer or local network, monitors computing habits and delivers the information to third parties. Usually, ...

You've outfitted your computer with anti-virus software and bought a spam filter for unwanted email. Just when you thought it was safe to go out on the Internet again, another cyber-pest is baring its ...

A company accused of selling phony antispyware tools has settled a lawsuit filed by Washington State's attorney general. White Plains, N.Y.-based Secure Computer has agreed to pay $1 million to settle ...

Guest host John Nielsen speaks with Newsweek technology reporter Steven Levy about a cyber-phenomenon called "spyware" — programs that lodge themselves surreptitiously on computers, deliver pop-up ...

If you paid $49.95 for Spyware Cleaner from Secure Computer, you have been duped, according to Microsoft and Washington state's attorney general. The Redmond, Wash.-based software maker and Attorney ...

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 ...

A company accused of selling phony antispyware tools has settled a lawsuit filed by Washington State's attorney general. White Plains, N.Y.-based Secure Computer has agreed to pay $1 million to settle ...

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 ...

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Washington’s attorney general has settled the first case prosecuted under the state’s 2005 Computer Spyware Act. The settlement announced Monday is with antispyware vendor Secure Computer LLC. The ...

New York prosecutors charged Kenneth Kurson, the former editor of the New York Observer newspaper who was pardoned by President Donald Trump, with two state felonies for eavesdropping on his then-wife ...