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Topic: Spyware and Adware

  

The Ad Agency on Your Hard Drive

How Web software called "adware" is taking advertising to a new, effective, and extremely annoying level.READ MORE

IT Security – Something to Think About

The internet has opened many doors for business development, doors which send us to rooms full of knowledge and answers but also it has given hackers great opportunities to make millions of dollars on the work of others. IT ...READ MORE

Removing Windows Police Pro from your computer

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Remove Personal Antivirus

Another member of the so called "scareware" viruses is the "Personal Antivirus" malware which infected millions of computers worldwide. The Personal Antivirus is a fake antivirus application which gets installed on user's computers ...READ MORE

Google Bombing and the IRS

It's tax time, and many of us will heed the IRS' suggestion to download forms and file electronically. But as I learned, malicious black hat hackers have hijacked Google's IRS search results to deliver nasty malware. Here’s how. READ MORE

Malware Tracker Map Gives Live Worldwide Coverage of Infected Computers

Right now, there are 1.5 million computers in the U.S. that are suspected to be infected with malware, although that figure seems inordinately low, but we'll come to that in a bit. I know this because of Malware Tracker, a Google Maps ...READ MORE

Is Your Startup a Nice to Have or Must Have?

With the downturn in the economy, numerous people are talking about starting a new business or company. Whether it’s a technology startup or new restaurant idea, I’ve heard of more and more people meeting to brainstorm and ...READ MORE

Spyware Blockers and Spyware Removers Best Practices and Uses.

Discover leading spyware blockers and spyware removers.READ MORE

Kanye West is Alive, But Memes May Be In Danger

Even if you hate the jackass who stole Taylor Swift's spotlight, it pays to know that Kanye lives. Why? Because the rabble have turned it into a Google-beating malware scheme that could punk you into downloading some bad ...READ MORE

Cameron Diaz Ranked as the Internet's Riskiest Celebrity

McAfee's Most Dangerous Celebrities list came out today, and it's got a couple of surprises. Sorry to Ms. Diaz, who was excellent in at least one movie, but searching her name is just asking for trouble.READ MORE

10 Questions About the Facebook Hack Attacks

On Thursday night, Facebook was attacked by hackers for the fourth time this month. Who is behind the attacks isn't known, but the malefactors appear to be using several old tricks--phishing, malware downloads, and other ...READ MORE

Update: The Facebook Phishing Scam Continues

Last week I wrote about a phishing and malware scam that has plagued Facebook for weeks. It wasn't quite a virus, because it affected Mac users--but it wasn't entirely Web-based either, because some of the links it hawked were ...READ MORE

The Facebook Email Scam: Have You Been Hit?

For the last two weeks, a phishing and malware scam propagated virally through Facebook, taking control of member accounts and blasting their friends with bogus messages. Today, a new wave of attacks hit, getting broader traction ...READ MORE

Sweating In the Hot Zone

Imagine what life would be like if your product were never finished, if your work were never done, if your market shifted 30 times a day. The computer-virus hunters at Symantec don't have to imagine.READ MORE

Is PC Virus Fear Breeding More Attacks?

Hands up if you've ever had a PC virus? Yup, thought so. It's a ubiquitous and persistent problem that's dogged Microsoft and its users for decades. Now Microsoft's published a security report that sheds an interesting light on the ...READ MORE

Mourning the Commute

WeatherBug, an online service that provides live streaming local weather, recently added real-time traffic updates, as well. Currently available only to users of Windows, the service is available in 20 markets -- and soon to be found ...READ MORE

Guard Yourself for the Holidays with VIPRE Antivirus & Antispyware

Holiday season is the prime time for cyber attacks.  Because of the spike in online shopping during the months of November and December, you are more prone to cyber attacks than at any other time during the year.  This Black Friday ...READ MORE

What About IT Security on the Internet

First, the Internet amazed us with all the things we could do online, but as time passed by, threats started to appear. Nowadays, we’re getting scared and scared of the fact that at any time when we’re surfing the web, we can ...READ MORE

South Korea's Power Structure Hacked, Digital Trail Leads to China

South Korean intelligence claims China-based hackers stole confidential material from the country's diplomatic and security services throughout 2010. If a new report is correct, hackers inside the People's Republic of China gained access to personal computers and PDAs belonging to much of South Korea's power structure.READ MORE

How to find a legal internet tv program

URL- http://internet-tv-site.blogspot.com/ The internet is growing at a faster pace. It has totally changed our way of watching tv. Now we can enjoy uninterrupted tv on our pc with internet tv. There are many sites available on the ...READ MORE

Spam Wars This Summer

Coming soon to a computer near you is all the spam, viruses, and Trojan-spawned malware that you’d ever want to meet.READ MORE

CPR Attacks Computer Viruses

CPR does more than repair cell phones and electronic devices these days. READ MORE

Did Sinking Pirate Bay Cause More Piracy? And Does It Matter Anyway?

Pro-copyright activists celebrated while file-sharers cried at rulings on the Pirate Bay's illegality, and the subsequent attempts to sink the site. But some new data suggests piracy sites tripled in the aftermath, which really ...READ MORE

Intel Expands its Empire: Buys McAfee for $7.7 Billion

Intel has just announced it's going to buy one of the most well-known PC security firms, McAfee. It's going to be handing over $7.68 billion to seal the deal, too.READ MORE

New Spyware Villains: Your Friendly Neighborhood Sears and Kmart

The FTC is forcing the Sears Holding Management Company to destroy data it collected on users who installed spyware for "research" purposes and a $10 bonus.READ MORE