Speedycar is an potentially unwanted game that allows you to race around a car and collect coins. What is not disclosed, is that this program also includes an adware component that displays ...

New versions of a highly persistent adware program called Shopperz use a cunning technique to make DNS (Domain Name System) hijacking harder to detect and fix. Shopperz, also known as Groover, injects ...

WASHINGTON--Backers of a new plan to police downloads believe it will put an end to unwanted software that launches pop-up ads and hogs system resources. But critics counter that the program will ...

Among the behavioral targeting ad options available, some fall into the adware category, serving behaviorally-targeted ads to users who have downloaded free software. Users have been known to lump ...

A well-known adware program is preventing users from installing antivirus products by leveraging a Windows feature that was designed for security. The program, known as Vonteera, abuses the digital ...

Beware of instant messages bearing news of Osama bin Laden's capture. Several victims told CNET News.com on Wednesday that a new Trojan horse advertising program, called BuddyLinks, masquerades as a ...

Researchers at security gateway vendor Fortinet have uncovered an adware-distribution scheme being carried out on the Facebook social networking site considered to be the first attack propagated on ...

Some Windows laptops made by Lenovo come pre-loaded with an adware program that exposes users to security risks. The software, Superfish Visual Discovery, is designed to insert product ads into search ...

A new Trojan horse program that attacks and removes troublesome advertising software, known as adware, is circulating on the Internet, according to antivirus company Symantec Corp. The program, called ...

I just switched over from the Mac. According to CNET, Kazaa and Morpheus are full of adware. What's the best program to use that won't install extra junk ...