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...
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...
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...