While providers of adware, or software-based marketing tools, continue to nudge their way into the reluctant embrace of online marketers, consumers have not been shy about speaking out against them, ...

Every day, there are 100,000 new variants of malware detected around the world, according to security expert Graham Clulely, writing for We Live Security. ‘Adware’, software which delivers unwanted ...

How can new competitors rival Apple's existing library of 75,000 mobile apps and installed base of 50 million users? Microsoft's approach with the Zune HD relies on overt adware, an approach Apple has ...

Many people think of adware as a form of malware, but that's not necessarily true. Adware is software that helps serve advertisements to you on your computer, usually within a web browser (though ads ...

Scammy programs and browser extensions are a persistent problem on the web, but web companies are starting to take them seriously as a threat to the web. In a post today, Google surveyed the past year ...

Crusader is an adware program that displays advertisements, modifies text in search results, and displays tech support scam alerts depending on the web sites that you are visiting. This adware ...

LG and Alienware monitors silently install OEM apps and McAfee adware via Windows - here is how to stop it.

Apple recently revealed a new set of rules that app developers must follow. From October, App Store developers will have to clearly and explicitly say just how users' personal data is used, secured ...

Bitdefender, the innovative antivirus solutions provider, has launched an exclusive new layer of protection against unwanted adverts and toolbars by adding a free Adware Removal Tool for PC to its ...

Starting next year, Microsoft will detect and remove adware that may compromise a PC's security. The ban targets adware that uses man-in-the-middle (MITM) techniques or changes DNS settings to place ...

If you’ve ever downloaded software, chances are you’ve experienced an all-too-common surprise: ads or other unwanted programs that tagged along for the ride, only to pop up on your PC uninvited. Turns ...