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Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News Earlier this month Barclays offered all its online customers free Kaspersky security software, including parental controls as well as protection from spam, adware, spyware and viruses. The UK's third-largest bank said... [18 Jul 2008]
Barclays gives online users free security software
News The package from Kaspersky protects from adware, spyware, viruses and provides parental control and spam filters. Barclays Bank is to offer its two million online customers free security software. Barclays already offers... [01 Jul 2008]
Vista security under scrutiny, again
News Of the infections, 74 per cent were adware, while 17 per cent were Trojan infections. Security vendor PC Tools has released more research to back up its claim that Vista is far from immune to infection. [21 May 2008]
Security experts criticise Phorm
News F-Secure said 121Media was responsible for developing pieces of adware, including Apropos. On Thursday, Phorm denied that Apropos had contained a rootkit but admitted that it did contain code to hide itself from other... [18 Apr 2008]
Dot-gov safest domain around, says McAfee
News A site with a red flag typically delivers malicious software such as adware, spyware or viruses; a yellow site may deliver pop-ups. The safest websites on the internet end in dot-gov, according to McAfee. [13 Mar 2007]
Virus alert as Storm Worm rages on
News Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos, said the company expected more attacks over the coming days, and said the botnet would most likely be hired out for spamming and adware propagation, or be sold to... [23 Jan 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. Two anti-spyware watchdogs are urging... [07 Dec 2006]
MySpace worm goes phishing
News Miscreants have exploited the popularity of the website before to steal personal information and spread adware. A malicious video on MySpace.com pages changes people's profiles when played, embedding itself and adding... [05 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. An updated variant of a malicious bot program is spreading... [30 Nov 2006]
Mac OS X gets an unwelcome visitor
News A new adware program silently installs on Mac OS X systems and opens web browser windows, according to F-Secure. The program, dubbed iAdware by the Finnish security company, is possibly the first example of... [28 Nov 2006]
Word up! Explore the lexicon of tech
News A to E: Adware to Exploit Adware - Software that dishes up adverts once it is installed on a user's machine A to E: Adware to Exploit A to E: Adware to Exploit A to E:... [24 Nov 2006]
Adware company hit with $3m fine
News Adware company Zango has been fined $3m by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for the methods it has employed to download adware onto users' computers. The adware distributor agreed... [07 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... [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. Miscreants are using an unpatched security bug in Internet Explorer to install malicious software from rigged... [20 Sep 2006]
Yahoo! engine sparks Browzar backlash
News As a result, some have called Browzar "adware", a claim Ajaz Ahmed - founder of Freeserve and now Browzar - has denied. Ahmed said on Monday: "We don't do adware. The man behind private surfing tool... [04 Sep 2006]
