Socket researchers linked 152 Chrome wallpaper extensions to hidden data logging, fake Google search traffic, and ad ...

Chrome wallpaper extensions stole user data and faked Google search traffic across 152 extensions - here is how to find and ...

Google has struggled for years to keep malicious applications from sneaking into the Play Store, but a new round of takedowns is highlighting the challenge of getting the problem under control. At the ...

When you think of malware, it's understandable if your mind first goes to elite hackers launching sophisticated dragnets. But unless you're being targeted by a nation-state or advanced crime syndicate ...

Crusader is an adware program that displays advertisements, modifies text in search results, and displays tech support scam alerts depending on the web sites that you are visiting. This adware ...

Many people think of adware as a form of malware, but that's not necessarily true. Adware is software that helps serve advertisements to you on your computer, usually within a web browser (though ads ...

Adware is a category of software applications that displays advertisements on computers or changes search results in browsers to earn money for their creators from user clicks. This category of ...

Surely some of the advertisers whose products appear as adware-delivered popups must be aware of what’s going on. The question is, how many? A new report (PDF) from the Center for Democracy & ...

The decision by adware leader Claria to postpone its initial public offering comes as the fast-growing business of advertising-supported software is increasingly coming under pressure. For years, ...