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Super Ad Blocker 4.6
Block all forms of advertising, including pop-ups, Flash ads, and banner ads.
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Adware Away 3.1.4.f
Protect your system from adware, spyware, Trojan horses, worms, hijackers, and keyloggers.
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Hosts File Updater 1.1
Download and update your host file to block harmful Web sites.
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Computer Inspector 6.3
See every process running on your PC with full details.
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History Destroyer 3.1
Erase all tracks to protect your online privacy.
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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IP
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Yahoo updates toolbar for Firefox
April 5, 2005
Toolbar to offer Yahoo's Anti-Spy adware and spyware removal software for computers running Windows.
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toolbar
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Yahoo! Inc.
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Firefox
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spyware removal
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Linux
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Apple Macintosh
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Trojan delivers unwanted gift to Windows PCs
December 29, 2005
Attack exploits unpatched hole in Windows to drop adware, spyware or other stealth programs that can compromise the PC.
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Microsoft Windows Metafile
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows
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PC
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Windows Vista draws jokes, scorn, approval
July 23, 2005
Reaction to the name runs the gamut. No, it's not an acronym for viruses, infections, spyware, trojans and adware.
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Microsoft Windows Vista
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reader
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Apple Computer
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Microsoft Corp.
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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.
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Microsoft Corp.
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Russian hackers hawked Windows exploit for $4,000
February 3, 2006
Competing hacker groups in Russia were peddling the exploit code involved in attacks on Britain's Parliament, company says.
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Russia
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows
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Deal may mean shifting adware model
April 8, 2005
180Solutions buys one of its distributors, saying it wants to clean up abuses.
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Ben Edelman
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toolbar
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Google Inc.
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Microsoft Windows
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Windows Start Program Manager 1.1
remove unwanted startup programs/spyware & adware
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Startup Select 2
Manage the programs that run when Windows starts.
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database
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Microsoft Windows
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Microsoft: Zombies most prevalent Windows threat
June 12, 2006
Scan finds that more than 60 percent of compromised PCs are infected with bot software.
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rootkit
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malicious software
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bot
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Windows PC
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Microsoft Corp.
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adware
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PC
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spyware
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Sony Corp.
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Microsoft Windows
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security
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e-mail
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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.
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Symantec Corp.
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flaw
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SpyBot
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antivirus
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Microsoft Corp.
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PC
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Microsoft Windows
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eScan Virus Control Edition 9.0.824.205
antivirus & content security solution
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MicroWorld Technologies
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SMTP
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POP3
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Real-Time
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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.
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Rob McKenna
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complaint
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payment
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lawsuit
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fee
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adware
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Adobe PDF
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Microsoft Windows
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Microsoft denies its antispyware favors Claria
July 11, 2005
Claria gets downgrade in threat level on Microsoft AntiSpyware beta, as software giant reportedly mulls buying the adware maker.
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Claria Corp.
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anti-spyware
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Redmond
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adware
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Microsoft Corp.
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security
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Microsoft Windows
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Super Popup Blocker 4.4
Stop pop-up windows before they open.
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pop-up blocker
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adware
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activity
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pop-up
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Microsoft Windows
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Ad software maker sues distributors
August 17, 2005
180solutions launches legal attack against several distributors of its application, in an effort to revise its image.
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distributor
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Washington
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software company
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adware
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security
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PC
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