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 ...

With the right tools, you can scan your system and remove spyware, adware, and other malicious programs that may be lurking ...

A Van Nuys man faces sentencing Thursday for scheming to market and sell malware that gave purchasers control over computers ...

Sextortion-based hacking, which hijacks a victim's webcam or blackmails them with nudes they're tricked or coerced into ...

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

A computer virus is bad. But trying to fix it with unverified anti-virus programs may bring even worse disaster to users. Many anti-virus programs sold on the market are themselves acting as viruses ...

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' ...

Spyware and adware are pouring into enterprise desktops. How severe is the threat? And what can be done about it? Desktops littered with pop-up ads, computers grinding to a halt under the weight of ...

A Van Nuys man was sentenced Thursday to three years’ probation and ordered to pay a $500 fine for scheming to market and sell malware that gave purchasers control over computers and enabled them to ...

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 ...

A federal court in Florida has ordered a software company to stop selling a program that secretly records keystrokes on a person’s PC, the Federal Trade Commission said. Cyber Spy Software, based in ...

Bruce Edwards began to understand that spyware was more than a consumer PC problem when his users started complaining loudly about poor performance and an increase in pop-up ads. But it wasn’t until ...