Although a proprietary closed-source operating system, Windows also plays host to a suite of popular open source software, many of them providing functionality that's hard to find from proprietary ...

Speedycar is an potentially unwanted game that allows you to race around a car and collect coins. What is not disclosed, is that this program also includes an adware component that displays ...

DownloadProtect s is a Chrome adware extension that injects advertisements into web sites that you are visiting. This extension is force installed into Chrome by adware that configures Chrome group ...

Beware of instant messages bearing news of Osama bin Laden's capture. Several victims told CNET News.com on Wednesday that a new Trojan horse advertising program, called BuddyLinks, masquerades as a ...

WASHINGTON--Backers of a new plan to police downloads believe it will put an end to unwanted software that launches pop-up ads and hogs system resources. But critics counter that the program will ...

The program downloads a series of supposed security programs that try to trick users by informing them that their computer is infected with malware that doesnít exist The program downloads a series of ...

A well-known adware program is preventing users from installing antivirus products by leveraging a Windows feature that was designed for security. The program, known as Vonteera, abuses the digital ...

A new Trojan horse program that attacks and removes troublesome advertising software, known as adware, is circulating on the Internet, according to antivirus company Symantec Corp. The program, called ...

Microsoft has come under fire for naming the developer of a program that can install adware on user’s PCs as one of its Most Valued Professionals. MVPs are people with deep knowledge of Microsoft ...

Most of us know that not all online advertising is created equal. This includes desktop publishing, in which there’s a fine line between doing it ethically and doing it unethically. On one side, you ...

Among the behavioral targeting ad options available, some fall into the adware category, serving behaviorally-targeted ads to users who have downloaded free software. Users have been known to lump ...