Dear Action Line: What causes pop-up ads on the computer screen and how do I stop them? — N.R., Tulsa. US-CERT, Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness ...

Your computer has been acting strange lately — running slower than usual, showing weird pop-ups, or behaving in ways that make you suspicious something isn’t right. These could be signs that malware, ...

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A company that produced and sold software intended for illegal cyber-spying has been forced to change its ways after a two-year civil court action launched by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

WASHINGTON - It's the newest computer security problem to attract the attention of Congress: spyware, or software designed to collect computer users' personal data without their knowledge. Secretly ...

Spyware modules are related to computer viruses, but pose a different type of threat to your systems. Spyware is created by underhanded, unethical marketers who want to monitor your customers' ...