Badware Protector is a a rogue anti-spyware program from the same family as XP Antivirus 2008. Badware Protector uses false scan results as a trick to make you think that you are infected. In reality, ...

Last week, Harvard University's Berkman Center and the Oxford Internet Institute launched a "Neighborhood Watch" initiative against spyware and other malicious software programs. A new website, ...

Anyone who has ever had a weekend ruined by trying to get rid of an endless stream of pop-ups knows what "badware" means. There's a feeling of frustration, helplessness and anger that's hit millions ...

The StopBadware.org group, which was launched in January with the goal of becoming an online “hall of shame” for spyware and questionable adware, Wednesday begins naming software applications it ...

As part of my work testing exploits for the recent "="" issue"=""> -- and the combo-threat to Windows users-- I installed Apple's flagship browser on a brand-new Windows XP machine. The installation ...

The best way to infect thousands of computers is to set up a malicious website. Better still, hack a popular website and insert malicious code. That way, thousands of website visitors will be affected ...

It's stuff that sneaks on to your PC and messes with it. At its least malevolent, badware infests your PC with popups and tracks your surfing details via an application that has crept on to your ...

"Trends in Badware 2007: What Internet Users Need to Know" is StopBadware's 2007 update on the state of badware on the web. The short report is a plain-English explanation of badware threats to user ...

StopBadware has just released the 2007 update on the state of badware on the web - "Trends in Badware 2007: What internet users need to know." The short report is a plain-English explanation of ...

November 21, 2011 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Facebook has moved from merely being a walled garden into openly attacking its users' ability and willingness ...

Anti-malware site StopBadware released an advisory yesterday alerting consumers to two perfidious pieces of nastiness that Windows users should be on the lookout for: RealPlayer 10.5 and RealPlayer 11 ...

The popular Kazaa p-to-p (peer-to-peer) file-trading software and a supposed spyware-blocking application are among the first four programs identified as “badware” by the fledgling StopBadware.org ...