Microsoft announced on Thursday that it has acquired Giant Company Software, a privately owned provider of anti-spyware, anti-pop-up and anti-spam tools. A beta version of a tool based on Giant's anti-spyware product will be available to Windows...
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...
An independent report released on Wednesday has forecast massive growth in the amount spent by businesses on anti-spyware products over the next few years. The report, Corporate Anti-Spyware Market 2005-2009 by the Radicati Group, cites growing...
The Anti-Spyware Coalition (ASC), whose members include AOL, CA, McAfee, Microsoft, Symantec and Yahoo! Although adware makers say there are legitimate uses for their programs, an entire anti-spyware market has been spawned to combat the stuff.
Two anti-spyware watchdogs are urging federal regulators in the US to take action against a music search website they say is a front for malicious software. The CDT is a watchdog group that runs the Anti-Spyware Coalition.
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...