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Spyware, adware hide in BitTorrent downloads
June 17, 2005 Downloads of movies, software may pack unwanted punch: adware and spyware that produce pop-up ads, track browsing habits and slow PCs.Not all adware is badware
April 6, 2006 Hotbar.com CEO Oren Dobronsky issues a challenge to purveyors of legitimate adware and ad-supported software.Adware sample targets Mac OS X
November 28, 2006 New adware program silently installs on Mac OS X systems and opens Web browser windows.iTunes IM worm drops adware
July 21, 2005 Worm found on AOL's Instant Messenger network carries a file that masquerades as iTunes software and installs adware.Adware may be lurking in video on MySpace
November 8, 2006 Several pages offer explicit video that appears to come from YouTube, but is hosted elsewhere and triggers installation of adware when played.Advertisers may face public humiliation over adware
February 10, 2006 U.S. Federal Trade Commission may put companies that use adware to advertise their products up for public humiliation.FTC sues company over spyware
October 5, 2005 Federal Trade Commission says company disguised spyware and adware as peer-to-peer file sharing software.Adware's second act
July 12, 2005 The controversial companies are trying to make nice with consumers. But in the process, they're suffering self-inflicted wounds.Yahoo updates toolbar for Firefox
April 5, 2005 Toolbar to offer Yahoo's Anti-Spy adware and spyware removal software for computers running Windows.Beware of Internet trespass
February 1, 2006 Attorney Eric Sinrod explains how an ancient legal theory is being relied upon by courts grappling with Internet cases.Advocacy group shames adware advertisers
March 21, 2006 Center for Democracy and Technology lists advertisers who, it says, help fund the widely despised software.Worst spyware queues up
December 21, 2004 CoolWebSearch is most dangerous item on a top 10 list of the worst spyware and adware programs.Security from A to Z: Spyware
November 28, 2006 Software that covertly monitors the actions of a PC user is getting more sophisticated. Part of a series on hot security topics.The end of spyware? Fat chance
May 6, 2005 The dialogue has just begun, but CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says a chasm still separates the opposing sides in this debate.Group backs program to certify downloads
November 16, 2005 Trusted Download Program, backed by several tech companies, is designed to protect consumers from adware, spyware.Will certification legitimize adware?
November 17, 2005 Net companies promise new program to promote noninvasive software downloads, but skeptics remain.Symantec files suit to label adware
June 8, 2005 Lawsuit seeks right to detect Hotbar's toolbar programs as adware--a new move in the tug of war between security providers and marketers.Will the adware industry beat Spitzer?
August 2, 2005 Professor Eric Goldman says New York's crusading attorney general may be left firing blanks. That's because no legal doctrine holds advertisers liable for using adware.Start-up Robot Genius deploys new security technology
April 30, 2007 Threefold software package is designed to address all sides of malicious software problems.Google, Sun, others band to fight spyware, adware
January 25, 2006 New coalition to name companies that sneak ads and spying programs onto computers of unsuspecting Web surfers.
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