spyware

Solving technical issues on your computer can be pricey if your warranty has expired, you've been downed by a virus or one of the accessories is on the blink. But on September 28, Hewlett Packard will host HP Expert Day, allowing frustrated computer owners to solve all those annoying glitches and...

College students have enough to worry about without falling prey to scammers looking to steal their identities and good credit. "Identity thieves don't care if you're a struggling student and don't have a penny to your name; sometimes all they want is to exploit your clean credit record," says...

A new Facebook button that many of the social network's users have been craving has cropped up and is showing in random status updates urging consumers to get it so they can "dislike" other posts. While it may look tempting -- demand for a 'dislike' option has been surging for a while among the...

Criminals are capitalizing on a busy sports summer to fool people into clicking on soccer, golf and even paintball sites infested with malicious programs that can compromise privacy or worse, says a Czech Republic-based security software seller. The sites are on what Prague-based Avast Software...

The Czech Republic-based computer security company Avast! found an "overwhelming popular culture theme" among web sites infected with programs that spew spyware and create other threats for computer users at home. Sites on what the company calls its "Most Wanted" list are collected by a community...

Jan. 28 is Internet Data Privacy Day 2010 and it's a good day to take time to educate yourself about what you can do to protect you and your data on the Internet. It's also a great time to figure how you can be sure your kids aren't getting into trouble with their activities using the...

Despite the use of anti-virus programs, the safety of banking and shopping online continues to be threatened by hackers and malicious software creators who take advantage of the fact that most of us use the same computer to bank online as we do to play on Facebook or let our kids, and their...

One thing you should never do is run a Windows computer without some form of virus protection. In the past, in order to get any decent virus protection, you had to spend big bucks on security suites like Norton and McAfee; but now AVG Free protects you against the viruses and spyware for free. AVG...

Consumers were outraged when a settlement first reported on WalletPop in June was reached between Sears Holdings over an accusation by the Federal Trade Commission that the owner of Sears and Kmart was spying on the web use and online shopping habits of its customers. They won't be a lot happier...

One criminal who netted $750,000 from identity theft activities shows us exactly why it's dangerous to use public computer terminals for your financial business. This guy checked into expensive hotels and installed keystroke logging software on the computers in the business centers.Business...