The purchase of small US spyware detection software publisher will soon put Microsoft in a position to offer its own anti-spyware application, designed to eradicate software that can, among other things, inundate users with unwanted pop-ups.
A global anti-spyware initiative consisting of a number of large vendors has crumbled after the exit of several members, leaving the co-ordinated fight against spyware in disparate hands. Founding member Computer Associates, which owns Pest Patrol...
Ending speculation about whether it was shifting to a paid model, Microsoft said on Tuesday that it will provide customers with its new anti-spyware software for free. The tool identifies potential spyware on PCs connected to the network.
A Dutch company has forced Microsoft to pay damages after the software giant wrongly branded its homepage as a browser hijacker. Ilse Media, a Dutch web firm and owner of the Netherlands' most popular portal Startpagina.nl, found that users could...
Microsoft has changed how it delivers signature updates for the anti-spyware application. The program is designed to protect PCs against spyware, which is software that is installed on a system to watch the user's activity without his or her...
US House of Representatives leaders have introduced a bill aimed at tackling the threat of malicious PC-disrupting spyware. This is not the first time the House has attempted to regulate spyware - back in October 2004 it voted for a bill which was...