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Adware program targets Mac OS X
News A new adware program silently installs on Mac OS X systems and opens web browser windows, according to F-Secure. The program, dubbed iAdware by the Finnish security company, is possibly the first example of adware for Macs.
[November 28, 2006, 9:15]
Adware under the microscope
News Privacy advocates strongly oppose the practice, fearing that corporations will embrace adware and soon be monitoring millions of potential consumers, gleaning sensitive password and financial information in the process.
[June 28, 2002, 16:08]
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[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Adware maker sues over privacy allegations
Talkback For those that are annoyed by adware or spyware, do install STOPzilla, the're the professionnals. The're tops.
[December 3, 2005, 8:33]
Adware maker sues over privacy allegations
News The suit comes as 180solutions attempts to improve its public image and continues to take fire from anti-spyware groups, which characterize many adware products as computer-privacy time bombs. Anti-spyware and adware companies have feuded for years...
[December 2, 2005, 8:15]
Adware company loses its links
News Yahoo and Google have disabled links to controversial adware maker WhenU after the company was accused of engaging in unauthorised practices aimed at boosting its search rankings, WhenU's top executive confirmed on Thursday.
[May 14, 2004, 13:00]
Adware firm quietly settles suits
Talkback I am tired of adware popups on my computer.there are over ten.
[September 2, 2004, 9:59]
Adware maker sues over privacy allegations
Talkback For those that are annoyed by adware or spyware, do install STOPzilla, the're the professionnals. The're tops.
[December 3, 2005, 8:33]
Adware firm quietly settles suits
News Adware company Claria has quietly settled litigation brought by Wells Fargo, Quicken Loans and other online businesses, which charged that its delivery of pop-up ads violated their trademarks, ZDNet UK sister site CNET News.com has learned.
[September 1, 2004, 9:15]
Microsoft releases fix for SP2-adware clash
News Microsoft has released a critical update for Windows Service Pack 2, designed to resolve an installation problem with a piece of adware -- but it maintains that the update isn't a patch. On its Web site, Microsoft recommends that users download a...
[October 7, 2004, 16:55]
Microsoft denies adware allegations
News Microsoft has moved to quash claims it gave preferential treatment to adware maker Claria. The beta version of Microsoft AntiSpyware previously recommended that users quarantine several products from Claria (previously known as Gator) but this...
[July 11, 2005, 16:40]
Symantec sues over 'adware' toolbars
Talkback This is not as inflamatory as spyware or adware yet still allows companies to flag the software as such. How about the term bundleware. Software that bundles other items in without giving you the option of not installing them or removing them...
[June 13, 2005, 20:26]
Anti-adware group starts naming-and-shaming campaign
News Expanding its campaign against adware, an advocacy group on Monday publicly shamed advertisers who use adware to promote their products. Advertising money is what keeps the makers of adware in business, and advertisers should be more scrupulous...
[March 21, 2006, 12:10]
Security experts welcome adware fines
News Security experts have welcomed a legal settlement that has held advertisers responsible for adware for the first time in the US. Communications company Cingular Wireless and travel company Priceline agreed on Monday to pay fines of $35,000 (£18,000...
[January 31, 2007, 12:21]
Symantec sues over 'adware' toolbars
News Symantec has filed a lawsuit against a New York Internet company for the right to detect its toolbars as adware. Last October, Hotbar contacted Symantec to complain about its enterprise antivirus products, which flag the Hotbar programs as adware...
[June 9, 2005, 10:25]
IE flaws open back door to adware
News An adware purveyor has apparently used two previously unknown security flaws in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser to install a toolbar on victims' computers that triggers pop-up ads, researchers said this week.
[June 10, 2004, 8:45]
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[July 4, 2005, 10:44]
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[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
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[April 6, 2005, 18:00]
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[February 22, 2007, 10:42]
