Adware is software that serves advertisements to you, either within your web browser or in other programs. Not all adware is malware or malicious. It can be bundled with legitimate software and can ...

DownloadProtect s is a Chrome adware extension that injects advertisements into web sites that you are visiting. This extension is force installed into Chrome by adware that configures Chrome group ...

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This is a guest post by Malwarebytes security researcher Pieter Arntz who takes a look back at the early 2000s when he was not employed in the cybersecurity industry but was part of a group of expert ...

Computer security has evolved its own terminology and shorthand terms, many of which can be puzzling. Here are some brief definitions. Software downloaded to your computer without your permission, ...

Last week, I described a new type of adware that has been infecting PCs of late. I received several messages about them since, so it seemed like a good opportunity to provide more information on how ...

The word 'virus' gets tossed around a lot. Here's what actually counts, what to watch for, and how to stay two clicks ahead ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Q: I have a problem with a pop-up that keeps appearing on the lower right-hand side of my Desktop screen. It appears every time I ...

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Even though many Mac users long believed their computers were at less of a risk of viruses than others, that doesn’t mean they can’t get them at all. In fact, people who have owned both Windows and ...

A: This sounds like another case of Windows Push Notification malware. As described in recent columns on the topic, this adware uses a website's permissions prompt command (when the site you are on ...