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Anti-spyware software targets Gator
News Software maker InterMute on Tuesday widely introduced SpySubtract, an application that scans a user's PC for software known as "spyware", or "adware", and automatically removes it. In extreme cases, software makers download spyware to users...
[September 10, 2003, 10:10]
Anti-Spyware Coalition to define terms
Talkback An adware remains adware even if it is called a spyware and vice-versa.Thus, the true test is the way a particular software or program works. It is difficult to appreciate that by terming a spyware as adware its basic nature and functionality is...
[June 3, 2005, 17:29]
Anti-spyware 'deceiving consumers'
Talkback They explicitly knew I had uninstalled the software and were even given the reason why, yet somehow that doesn't constitute notice? The worst of it is that when I uninstalled Stopzilla (a couple of months after installing) it went on-line to...
[October 3, 2005, 15:36]
Anti-spyware 'deceiving consumers'
Talkback I requested that they credit back the charge and pointed out to them that when I purchased the original software product I never authorized them to bill me from then on whenever they felt like it. The appearance is that it is connecting to download...
[March 4, 2005, 0:40]
Anti-spyware 'deceiving consumers'
Talkback I have not used Stopzilla in at least two years, yet the software company charged my credit card with a "renewal fee" yesterday. A Stopzilla representative said he would reverse the charge, crediting my credit card, but I think the practice of...
[August 8, 2004, 22:53]
Microsoft dodges anti-spyware charge accusations
Talkback Gates now feels it necessary to charge the long-suffering users of his Operating Systems for what is, at least in theory, a solution to a whole load of problems that weren't properly addressed by his software designers and developers in the first...
[December 18, 2004, 11:21]
Network Associates releases anti-spyware tool
Talkback If I get onto another persons computer, and run my software without their permission, I am a hacker. How come these people can do the same thing to me legally? Nick
[January 23, 2004, 11:18]
Anti-Spyware: How to Prevent Spyware With Finjan's Active Real-Time Code Inspection
White Papers Spyware has evolved from an online nuisance to a dire web threat. Cybercriminals use Spyware programs to hijack users' sensitive personal information at will for profit. Spyware distributors use evasive techniques to avoid detection.
[June 30, 2009, 1:19]
Network Associates releases anti-spyware tool
News Network Associates, the maker of McAfee antivirus software, is joining the fight against spyware -- programs that track people's Internet habits, gather personal information and deliver it to advertisers.
[January 23, 2004, 11:10]
Anti-spyware demo revealed as malware in disguise
News SecureWorks' Jackson claimed that these attacks are operating in a "grey area" of the law, as providing demos of anti-spyware software isn't regarded as a criminal offence. A strain of malware disguised as anti-spyware has become the latest double...
[November 9, 2007, 8:09]
Anti-spyware 'deceiving consumers'
Talkback Nicolas Stark Computing AB (Lavasoft) announces that we will no longer tolerate, support, or participate in the COAST (Consortium of Anti-Spyware Technology Vendors) organization. In June of 2003, we began what has become known as COAST (The...
[April 16, 2004, 11:58]
Corporate anti-spyware spending tipped to boom
News Due to the growth in use of corporate anti-spyware hardware and software products, revenues are predicted to increase over the next four years from $103m to over $1bn. An independent report released on Wednesday has forecast massive growth in the...
[July 1, 2005, 12:30]
Microsoft rebrands anti-spyware tool
News Microsoft has changed how it delivers signature updates for the anti-spyware application. The program is designed to protect PCs against spyware, which is software that is installed on a system to watch the user's activity without his or her...
[November 8, 2005, 8:25]
Microsoft dodges anti-spyware charge accusations
Talkback Several of these ISVs even make their anti-SpyWare products freely available for personal, non-commercial use. If MS is not going to go and truly fix what they got wrong (see above) from DayOne, they've got no business charging anyone anything...
[December 18, 2004, 10:31]
Microsoft dodges anti-spyware charge accusations
Talkback They'll probably charge for the anti-spyware software shortly after it's released as non-Beta software and then how long until they bundle it and put the cost of Windows up to cover the cost ? Buy an anti-spyware company because they can't be...
[December 18, 2004, 8:50]
AOL to stamp out spies
News America Online on Tuesday announced the addition of anti-spyware software as part of future upgrades to its flagship online service. As previously reported, AOL will introduce its anti-spyware programs into upcoming versions of its AOL 9.0...
[January 6, 2004, 14:30]
Anti-spyware 'deceiving consumers'
News In a complaint filed with the Federal Trade Commission, the Centre for Democracy and Technology (CDT) said software developer Mail Wiper and its marketing affiliate Seismic Entertainment Productions have misled consumers in promotions for anti...
[February 12, 2004, 11:20]
OneCare gets spyware shield
News Microsoft on Thursday updated the preview version of its OneCare security software with anti-spyware technology, a slight name change and bug fixes. The product combines antivirus, anti-spyware and firewall software with backup features and several...
[March 10, 2006, 8:00]
Microsoft preparing major spyware move
News Senior Microsoft executives are set to provide an update on the software maker's security strategy and product plans, including its forthcoming enterprise anti-spyware offering, sources said. Another closely watched Microsoft product is Windows...
[October 5, 2005, 15:45]
Testers get their hands on OneCare
News Selected software testers are getting a look at OneCare Live, Microsoft's subscription antivirus and anti-spyware service. OneCare combines anti-spyware software, which Microsoft is already publicly testing, with antivirus and firewall software and...
[July 21, 2005, 9:25]
