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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.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.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.Advocacy group shames adware advertisers
March 21, 2006 Center for Democracy and Technology lists advertisers who, it says, help fund the widely despised software.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.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.Postini taps ScanSafe for Web filtering
June 2, 2006 New service to scan Web traffic for viruses, spyware and adware is slated to be available in the third quarter.Start-up Robot Genius deploys new security technology
April 30, 2007 Threefold software package is designed to address all sides of malicious software problems.Claria to exit adware business
March 22, 2006 Company formerly known as Gator sets its sights on search, as it seeks credibility among online publishers.Zango reaches settlement with FTC
November 3, 2006 Government rules that adware company has to cough up $3 million to stop automatic installs, let customers remove software.Service promises secure 'googling'
May 15, 2006 Free Scandoo service tags results of Google and other online searches to help fend off spyware and unwelcome content.California man pleads guilty to bot attack
May 5, 2006 Attack designed to install adware on compromised computers disrupted critical communications at Seattle hospital.Spyware fight attracts a crowd
February 10, 2006 Four groups have come out swinging to combat the download nuisance--but will their efforts be self-defeating?Zombie tool makes use of Windows, antivirus flaws
November 30, 2006 Bot software that turns PCs into zombies spreads via holes in Symantec and Microsoft products.Spyware tunnels in on Winamp flaw
February 4, 2006 Miscreants are exploiting a recently disclosed security bug in Winamp to install spyware on machines running the media player software.Zombies continue to chase Windows PCs
October 24, 2006 Of 4 million Windows PCs found to be infected with malicious software, half were running malicious remote control software.Lawsuits accuse Net download services of scamming
August 15, 2006 Regulators say MovieLand, related sites bombard users with pop-ups in ploy to coerce membership fee payments.Zombie PCs being sent to steal IDs
March 14, 2005 Botnets, or networks of compromised PCs, are increasingly being used for identity theft and installing spyware, a new report says.A turn in the antispyware war?
October 3, 2007 Center for Democracy and Technology's Ari Schwartz says the import of a recent ruling should be a boon to the global antispyware community. Sponsored matches for "adware"
