SearchMyFile is a program that allows you to search for files on your computer. This program is also bundled with adware programs that displays a constant stream of advertisements in the user's ...

Speedycar is an potentially unwanted game that allows you to race around a car and collect coins. What is not disclosed, is that this program also includes an adware component that displays ...

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has announced that New York has reached ground-breaking settlements with three major online advertisers for promoting products and services on the Internet through ...

Web surfers battling "spyware" face a new problem: so-called spyware-killing programs that install the same kind of unwanted advertising software they promise to erase. Web surfers battling "spyware" ...

WASHINGTON--Backers of a new plan to police downloads believe it will put an end to unwanted software that launches pop-up ads and hogs system resources. But critics counter that the program will ...

A new Trojan horse program that attacks and removes troublesome advertising software, known as adware, is circulating on the Internet, according to antivirus company Symantec Corp. The program, called ...

As the word "adware" became part of the public lexicon last year, so too did the problems posed by that type of software, according to McAfee, an Internet security company. McAfee, which sells ...

Most of us know that not all online advertising is created equal. This includes desktop publishing, in which there’s a fine line between doing it ethically and doing it unethically. On one side, you ...

A well-known adware program is preventing users from installing antivirus products by leveraging a Windows feature that was designed for security. The program, known as Vonteera, abuses the digital ...