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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

If your computer is displaying advertisements labeled as Ads by ViewMyPDF, then you have most likely have a Chrome adware extension installed called ViewMyPDF Ads. When this extension is installed it ...

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 ...

Researchers at security gateway vendor Fortinet have uncovered an adware-distribution scheme being carried out on the Facebook social networking site considered to be the first attack propagated on ...

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 ...

Some Windows laptops made by Lenovo come pre-loaded with an adware program that exposes users to security risks. The software, Superfish Visual Discovery, is designed to insert product ads into search ...

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 ...