EDITOR'S NOTE: The latest assault on the computing public seeks not to destroy but rather to suck processing power and exploit like a greedy parasite. This is the second in a three-part series on the ...

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, ...

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 ...

QUESTION: What program do you recommend for safely cleaning up a computer and spyware programs? I have checked out the Web, and there are many, many, warnings about these programs. My laptop has ...

Microsoft Corp. announced yesterday that it is giving away software designed to help protect Windows users from spyware, one of the fastest-growing of Internet annoyances. The release marked a new ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

According to anti-virus vendor Panda Software, two new Trojan horses -- dubbed WmvDownloader.a and WmvDownloader.b -- have been planted in video files seeded to peer-to-peer file-sharing networks like ...

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 ...

The creator of software designed to surreptitiously observe individuals’ online activities has been indicted for allegedly violating U.S. federal computer privacy laws, local and federal authorities ...

Last month a customer brought in his computer with the complaint of gradual performance deterioration. This was surprising. I had recently upgraded him to a 2.4GHz P4 processor, a fast Intel ...