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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, toolbar, Microsoft Internet Explorer, antivirus company, vulnerability, researcher, trojan horse, antivirus, security, Symantec Corp., analysis, Microsoft Corp., e-mail

October 24, 2006 Of 4 million Windows PCs found to be infected with malicious software, half were running malicious remote control software. TAGS: Windows PC, malicious software, zombie, threat, adware, trojan horse, spyware, Microsoft Corp., security, PC, Microsoft Windows

December 29, 2005 Attack exploits unpatched hole in Windows to drop adware, spyware or other stealth programs that can compromise the PC. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Metafile, trojan horse, service pack, Kaspersky Lab, adware, spyware, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., security, PC

July 11, 2005 Claria gets downgrade in threat level on Microsoft AntiSpyware beta, as software giant reportedly mulls buying the adware maker. TAGS: Claria Corp., anti-spyware, beta, Redmond, adware, Microsoft Corp., researcher, security, Microsoft Windows

February 3, 2006 Competing hacker groups in Russia were peddling the exploit code involved in attacks on Britain's Parliament, company says. TAGS: Kaspersky Lab, WMF vulnerability, Microsoft Windows Metafile, exploit, hacker, Russia, anti-spyware, adware, security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, e-mail

November 30, 2006 Bot software that turns PCs into zombies spreads via holes in Symantec and Microsoft products. TAGS: SpyBot, bot, Symantec Corp., variant, antivirus, flaw, adware, spyware, Microsoft Corp., PC, security, Microsoft Windows

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, security software company, spyware, anti-spyware, toolbar, software company, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Internet Explorer, security, California, Web browser, Microsoft Corp., e-mail

January 14, 2005 Trojan horses are piggybacking on an antipiracy feature in Media Player, a security firm claims. But Microsoft denies it's a flaw. TAGS: Overpeer, Panda Software, Ben Edelman, Microsoft Windows Media Player, rights-management, spyware, digital-rights management, antipiracy, media player, Windows Media, flaw, adware, trojan horse, P2P, Microsoft Internet Explorer, security

December 21, 2004 CoolWebSearch is most dangerous item on a top 10 list of the worst spyware and adware programs. TAGS: Webroot Software Inc., adware, spyware, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser, security, Microsoft Corp.

June 12, 2006 Scan finds that more than 60 percent of compromised PCs are infected with bot software. TAGS: rootkit, malicious software, zombie, trojan horse, bot, threat, Windows PC, Microsoft Corp., adware, spyware, PC, Microsoft Windows, Sony Corp., security, e-mail

June 11, 2004 Best defense seems to be a good offense, as its Department of Justice trial gets under way. TAGS: PeopleSoft Inc., Lawson Software Inc., Oracle Corp., SAP AG, bid, victim, Week in review, offer, attorney, adware, merger, Microsoft Corp., document, security, database