Microsoft Thursday released a free trial copy of anti-spyware software it purchased last month, marking the company’s entry into the fast-growing market for products that block surreptitious snooping ...

Following a path blazed by anti-virus vendors in recent years, security software companies are offering dedicated anti-spyware appliances to customers desperate for relief from the pernicious ...

Microsoft gave an official name to its software for protecting computer users against spyware. The software, which has been known as Windows AntiSpyware Beta 1, will be called Windows Defender when ...

My Dad and I are relatively new SBC/Yahoo DSL customers and I noticed that they have an online protection suite that provides (among other things) anti-spy and anti-virus software. Any experience with ...

Spyware rarely announces itself with pop-ups or flashing warnings. It slips into everyday routines, quietly tracking what you type, where you click, and which accounts you open, often for months ...

InterMute, a privately held company based in Braintree, Mass., specializes in building anti-spyware programs that try to prevent malicious programs from snooping for data on computers and recording a ...

Spyware is designed to stay invisible, so if it’s hiding on your computer, you’re not supposed to notice—at least not right away. I want to walk you through the specific warning signs, tools, and ...

The Anti-Spyware Coalition has published a final draft of criteria to use in defining whether or not a software application is spyware. The document is designed to help anti-spyware vendors properly ...

Windows Vista, the next version of Windows which will succeed from XP, will introduce important changes to the way the OS runs, as well as including Windows Defender, an anti-spyware tool. John ...

The House voted 415-0 to stiffen jail sentences for those who use secret surveillance programs to steal credit card numbers or commit other crimes. The vote came two days after House lawmakers ...

If your Mac has been acting strange lately — running slower, showing weird pop-ups, or opening apps you never installed — there’s a good chance something’s off. Macs have a reputation for being secure ...

Microsoft has purchased Giant Company Software, a small anti-spyware software company it hopes will shore up its security defenses. Microsoft declined to say how much it paid for the 10-person company ...