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Symantec Antispyware Solutions
White Paper And while viruses and fast-spreading worms continue to pose a significant threat, the risks to desktop and client systems from spyware and adware have steadily increased, becoming a major challenge for IT security managers. [11 Apr 2008]
Webcast: The Money in Malware: Evolution of the Network Threatscape
White Paper Listen as Mark Harris, Global Security Threat Expert for Sophos, presents an industry prospective on current and emerging threats from viruses, spam, adware, spyware, and other potentially unwanted applications. [12 Dec 2007]
How to Avoid Phishing in a Bad Pond?
White Paper Today, under cyber attacks dominated world, both software and hardware manufacture of security software such as Anti-virus, Anti-spam, Firewall, Spyware, and Adware work to provide a safer Internet experience. [07 Aug 2007]
Anti-spyware groups target bogus music search site
News This plug-in is actually a cocktail of malicious software that contains adware, Trojan horses and disables the Microsoft Windows firewall, according to the CDT and StopBadware. FastMP3Search.com.ar, registered in Argentina, advertises itself as a... [07 Dec 2006]
Alert over Spybot worm
News Additionally, hackers often steal the victim's data and install spyware and adware on PCs, to earn a kickback from the spyware or adware maker. It can be used by miscreants as part of a network of bots, or 'botnet', to relay spam and launch cyber... [30 Nov 2006]
Security group issues emergency IE patch
News In many cases, the attacks install spyware, adware and remote control software on victims' PCs. A group of security professionals has created a third-party fix for a recently discovered Internet Explorer flaw that's increasingly being used in cyber... [25 Sep 2006]
Dodgy porn sites tap IE flaw
News In one case, a malicious website used the exploit to install "epic loads of adware", according to Sunbelt. Microsoft also has yet to provide a patch for a Word 2000 flaw being exploited in targeted cyber attacks. [20 Sep 2006]
MySpace targeted by cyber criminals
News Earlier this week, around the time MySpace was being plagued by downtime, security vendor McAfee blogged about spyware and adware applications that were being dropped onto users' machines from links on MySpace as users are tricked into clicking... [27 Jul 2006]
Symantec Australia/New Zealand Submission to DCITA Spyware Discussion Paper
White Paper A recent AOL/National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) Online Safety Study in the USA found that 80 percent of scanned computers actually had some form of spyware or adware present and Earthlink reports that a scan of 3 million computers systems... [14 Apr 2006]
Symantec's Antispyware Approach and Solutions: Empowering Organizations to Regain Control of Their Systems and Networks
White Paper Since 2003, while traditional malware threats such as Blaster and Welchia have continued to plague the networks and systems of enterprises around the world, new types of security risks such as spyware and adware have also emerged as significant IT... [14 Apr 2006]
Kaspersky boss explodes security myths
News In America for example, we see a lot of adware. Speaking to silicon.com in Moscow, the eponymous head of Kaspersky Labs said companies' own agendas and some well-worn stereotypes about cyber crime stand in the way of reasoned discussion. [23 Jan 2006]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: A single source for net protection
Comment Some of these vendors are now extending their services to filter content that arrives whilst surfing the web, like checking for spyware, adware or other software programs that can be inadvertently downloaded. [06 Oct 2005]
How to Combat Spyware in Corporate Environments
White Paper Spyware and adware invade your systems without your knowledge or permission and is the favored tool of cyber-criminals. Understanding spyware is critical to securing your network against this scourge. [17 Aug 2005]
Spyware comes under attack from antivirus firms
News On Thursday, the company released McAfee AntiSpyware, a new product designed to automatically and proactively guard consumers against the threat of spyware and adware, programs that allow advertisements to automatically pop up on a computer screen. [23 Jan 2004]
