Malware includes viruses, worms, adware, spyware, and ransomware — they all work differently but tend to cause similar ...

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 ...

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, ...

The word 'virus' gets tossed around a lot. Here's what actually counts, what to watch for, and how to stay two clicks ahead ...

Adware is software that serves advertisements to you, either within your web browser or in other programs.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

America Online plans to announce today that it will soon begin providing automated anti-spyware software to its subscribers, joining EarthLink as the only major Internet services to offer enhanced ...

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 ...

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 ...