Legal Action Against Spyware

The United States House of Representatives recently passed the Securely Protect Yourself Against Cyber Trespass Act, or the SPY Act. The act requires any company that may be installing spyware in your computer to first make the user aware of its presence. Failing to give PC users the knowledge that spyware is being installed will cost the violator up to $3 million in fines. Unfortunately...

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Spyware Remover Articles

Malware Or Spyware

Malware is a new term used to describe malicious "mal" software "ware" that has no other purpose other than to destroy or disrupt a computer. Spyware and adware are considered to be malware. There...

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WHAT IS SPYWARE AND HOW DO I REMOVE IT FROM MY COMPUTER?

Spyware is a menace to any computer, but there are many free Spyware removal products online to help out. It sounds rather sinister, doesn't it? In a way, it really is. Spyware (another name...

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Do You Know How To Remove Spyware From Your Computer?

Spyware is rapidly becoming a major problem for Internet users. It is estimated that 9 out of 10 computers are infected with spyware or ad ware or both. Spyware may be responsible for 50 % of all computer...

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Secrets to SpyProofing Your Computer In Four Easy Steps

Secrets to SpyProofing Your Computer In 4 Easy Steps DO I NEED TO SPY PROOF MY COMPUTER? I think the question should be, do I use my computer for anything that would best remain private...

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Microsoft Hits Spyware on the Head!

Finally! It seems that the build up of spyware on peoples computers have finally caused the sleeping giant, Microsoft, to wake up! Spyware has become a larger problem then viruses, as small programs,...

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Countering the Spread of Spyware on your Computer.

Spyware has boomed into the top internet threat in no time and it continues to affect more computer users each day. Spyware is best described as a rogue application that latches to your system so it can record personal information and monitor internet usage. As spyware has grown it has become much easier to be infected with it. In some instance computer can be infected with spyware just by visiting the wrong web site. Most spyware is installed without the user’s knowledge. The most serious form of spyware comes as keyloggers which record each keystroke made on an infected computer....

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Symantec acquires PC Tools (Geek.com)
Security vendor Symantec has announced the acquisition of software tools company PC Tools for undisclosed financial terms. PC Tools makes a large range of useful applications for your PC including Spyware Doctoer, Registry Mechanic, Internet Security, Antivirus Free Edition, Firewall Plus, Desktop Maestro, ThreatFire, File Recover, Spam Monitor, Privacy Guardian and Disk Suite. The company [...]
Business Software Alliance spent $360,000 in second quarter to lobby on paten...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Business Software Alliance, the main copyright-enforcement watchdog for the commercial software industry, spent $360,000 in the second quarter to lobby on patent reform, data security and other issues, according to a recent disclosure form.
BitDefender Debuts Total Security 2009 Suite (Enterprise Security Today)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, Aug 18, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- BitDefender(R), a global provider of award-winning antivirus software and data security solutions, today announced the launch of BitDefender Total Security 2009, which provides the ultimate proactive protection for PCs by combining advanced protection against viruses, spyware, hackers, spam and other e-threats, with minimal impact on ...
Seven online-security blunders to avoid (CNN.com)
By now most personal-computer users know not to post their Social Security numbers on the Internet or respond to Nigerian e-mails seeking help with suspicious bank-account transfers.
Symantec nabs PC Tools for added street cred (The Register)
G'day to added anti-spyware Security and storage giant Symantec has agreed to buy specialist Australian-based anti-spyware firm PC Tools. Terms of the deal were undisclosed in Monday's announcement.?
Fake email zip download from known contact infects user PCs (AME Info)
IronPort Systems, a Cisco business unit and a leading provider of enterprise spam, virus, and spyware protection, has announced that its Virus Outbreak Filters (VOFs) were able to detect and block a new 'Pandex'-variant Trojan Horse program 15 hours and 30 minutes before major anti-virus vendors.
Sunbelt Software Announces New Version of CounterSpy Enterprise (PRWeb via Ya...
Version 3.1 delivers comprehensive endpoint spyware protection with the same high performance and low system resources as Sunbelt's recently released VIPRE Enterprise product.
Money talks as PC Tools falls to Symantec (TechWorld)
Do you come from a land down under? Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The ever-acquisitive Symantec is to buy anti-malware vendor PC Tools, taking another prominent independent out of circulation.
IDF: Full Speed Ahead for Intel SSDs (Tom's Hardware)
Intel says its SSD drives offer unparalleled performance, although we're still skeptical about actual real world performance.
PC Tools relook son logo (ITRgames)
La rentrée démarre sur les chapeaux de roues pour le spécialiste de la sécurité informatique PC Tools qui, non seulement présente la version 2009 de ses produits, mais également son nouveau logo. En...

The never ending Spyware story

It's been with us since 1993, it's gotten more intrusive, more complicated. It's created a whole ecosystem, so to speak. A person sits somewhere, writing a new virus, a new application of Spyware. It is put onto the Internet and Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware vendors begin to develop definitions to combat it, maybe even to stop it permanently. These fixes are incorporated into the new versions of the software they sell, or distribute as freeware. Existing companies, businesses, and users struggle to keep up with what to use, overwhelmed, their lifeline to the Internet depends on it. In this portion...

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