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 ...

A company that sells spyware that monitors individuals on parole and probation had its data leaked to a cybercrime forum this ...

Dear Action Line: What causes pop-up ads on the computer screen and how do I stop them? — N.R., Tulsa. US-CERT, Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness ...

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 ...

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 ...

Washington state has sued the owners of Movieland.com, alleging that the company used spyware to strong-arm users into signing up for its paid movie download service. Consumers who dowloaded Movieland ...

The sellers of the Spyware Slayer antispyware program have agreed to pay $300,000 in fines to settle charges that they violated Washington State spyware and consumer protection laws. Both the charges ...

The U.S. state of Washington has sued the owners of the Movieland.com, alleging that the company used spyware to strong-arm users into signing up for its paid movie download service. Consumers who ...