845 blog results for "spyware"

Security software maker claims significantly faster scan times in AVG Free 9, but some unfortunate behavior from its LinkScanner tool might annoy some enough to swear off that otherwise excellent feature.

Posted in The Download Blog by Seth Rosenblatt

Microblogging service adds a "Report as spam" button as another way to try to combat spam accounts.

Posted in Webware by Don Reisinger

Adobe's second quarterly update for Reader and Acrobat plugs 28 holes, including one that is being exploited in attacks.

Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills

AVG updates free LinkScanner tool to scan the shortened URLs that are popular on sites like Twitter, then block any attempts to direct users to malicious Web pages.

Posted in News - Security by Lance Whitney

Microsoft stitches up a pair of Windows 7 holes, along with fixing up zero-day flaws in SMB and IIS offerings.

Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills

As part of a class-action settlement, Yahoo plans to create a new ad distribution option that will give advertisers more control over where ads purchased through Yahoo appear.

Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit

Citing an increased use of Macs by businesses, McAfee unveils Endpoint Protection for Mac to help enterprise customers centrally manage security.

Posted in News - Security by Lance Whitney

The Sidekick outage shows that management hasn't caught up with the cloud, not that network storage is unreliable.

Posted in Rafe's Radar by Rafe Needleman

Ashampoo turns 10 and offers nearly everything for just $10 for a limited time only.

Posted in The Download Blog by Catherine Hwang

Lavasoft has updated its popular malware and spyware detection and removal tool Ad-Aware. Rather than a dramatic redo, version 8.1 builds on the improvements made in the previous version.

Posted in The Download Blog by Seth Rosenblatt