A high-profile consumer advocacy group has asked the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) to pull the plug on the “illegal and deceptive practices” used by adware vendor 180Solutions Inc. to install ...

An internet security vendor is warning that a Facebook application that promises to tell you if any of your online friends harbor secret lust for you actually just wants you to install adware and help ...

Rich Trouton, a Mac systems administrator who runs the Der Flounder blog has discovered that a Java installer is installing adware, in the form of the Ask Toolbar. Basically when you install Java you ...

Two weeks ago, Ars reported on newly discovered Android adware that is virtually impossible to uninstall. Now, researchers have uncovered malicious apps that can get installed even when a user has ...

A French security researcher has stumbled upon an adware delivery scheme that involves clone websites that use legitimately-looking domain names to trick victims into downloading famous apps, but ...

It looks like Lenovo has been installing adware onto new consumer computers from the company that activates when taken out of the box for the first time. The adware, named Superfish, is reportedly ...

Боковая панель - Комета, or Kometa, is an adware program that adds a docked toolbar on the right side of the Windows desktop that contains links to various Russian sites. When installed, it will also ...

If you’ve ever downloaded software, chances are you’ve experienced an all-too-common surprise: ads or other unwanted programs that tagged along for the ride, only to pop up on your PC uninvited. Turns ...

If you’ve ever downloaded software, chances are you’ve experienced an all-too-common surprise: ads or other unwanted programs that tagged along for the ride, only to pop up on your PC uninvited. Turns ...

You’ve got a Mac and, from what you’ve heard, there’s no evil that can touch you. No viruses. A Mac App Store with guaranteed clean applications. No worries ...