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Pop-up toolbar spreads via IE flaws

June 9, 2004 Criminal charges could result for those who use Explorer vulnerabilities to trigger pop-up ads on PCs. TAGS: adware, victim, Stephen Toulouse, flaw, antivirus company, Microsoft Internet Explorer, toolbar, vulnerability, trojan horse, researcher, security, Symantec Corp., antivirus, analysis, Microsoft Corp., e-mail

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. TAGS: Sunbelt Software, Symantec Corp., adware, lawsuit, anti-spyware, spyware, security software company, toolbar, software company, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Internet Explorer, security, California, Web browser, Microsoft Corp., PC

AOL offers free antivirus software

August 7, 2006 Active Virus Shield software is likely to become the highest-profile alternative to for-pay security software. TAGS: America Online Inc., antivirus software, antivirus, antivirus protection, Time Warner Inc., security, spyware, toolbar, virus, Microsoft Internet Explorer, e-mail, Microsoft Corp., PC
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