The Goverment has launched an initiative to tackle invasive software that covertly gathers information about PC users, writes Richard Barry Are advertisements appearing on your screen? Are pop-ups ...

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 ...

Wired on Friday: For years, far-seeing firms such as IBM and Sun have predicted that academics and researchers might harness spare processor time on idle computers across the internet to process ...

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 ...

Regular internet surfers may have experience of PC infection, when browser opens several pop-up windows simultaneously, tens or hundreds applications installed automatically and all run at the same ...

What do I do if I suspect someone is controlling my PC? When my IP address has been changed without my knowledge? My boot-up process is getting harder unless I unplug the Ethernet cable and the CPU is ...

Malware writers are prevailing in large part because of computer user behavior, such as not updating software or downloading security patches Some estimates suggest spyware problems in the U.S. are ...

Millions infected by spyware versions of Telegram, Signal on Google Play Each day, you leave digital traces of what you did, where you went, who you communicated with, what you bought, what you're ...

According to one study, spyware has infiltrated millions of computers. Spyware can be as innocuous as a program that monitors the Web pages you visit, or as aggressive as a program that can hijack ...

Developers of mercenary spyware seem to have been unusually active in their weaponisation of common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) during July 2022 – according to research published this week by ...