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 ...

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 ...

Like the most dangerous and devious phishing attacks, this one is based on a Web site. Users enticed here face a fake portrayal of Microsoft's Windows Security Center. The bogus site displays such ...

An upcoming software release from America Online will add spyware protection to the list of standard features for its broadband and dial-up Internet customers, the company said Tuesday. AOL Spyware ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Microsoft Corp., whose popular Windows software is a frequent target for Internet viruses, is offering a free security program to remove the most dangerous infections from computers ...

There are plenty of ways to goof off online— there’s no shortage of Santa screensavers, online reindeer games and other amusements, much of it free. But while you may not spend any money, you could ...

After several months of testing, Yahoo has released an enhanced version of its Internet-services toolbar that now comes with a feature for removing often unwanted software such as spyware and adware.

A survey conducted by Internet service provider America Online Inc. found that 20% of home computers were infected by a virus or worm and that various forms of snooping programs such as spyware and ...

Spyware is public enemy number one. Web advertising networks are strongly lobbying to make sure that the anti-Spyware bill known as the Spy Act is watered down a bit before passage (Bill H.R. 29).