There's no standard definition of spyware, so what one company considers a malicious intrusion upon your system might go unnoticed by another vendor's app. That means you'll need more than one ...

Windows Defender supports Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003. Microsoft's Windows Defender product manager Mike Chan says the anti-spyware utility, which was originally acquired when ...

Spyware rarely announces itself with pop-ups or flashing warnings. It slips into everyday routines, quietly tracking what you type, where you click, and which accounts you open, often for months ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Stepping up its fight against computer threats at the risk of alienating security businesses, Microsoft Corp. announced Tuesday it will give away a program to combat ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate O’Flaherty is a cybersecurity and privacy journalist. Apple has been issuing spyware warnings for some time, to alert those ...

Microsoft Corp. and the Washington state attorney general have filed lawsuits against antispyware software vendor Secure Computer LLC, alleging that the White Plains, New York, company’s Spyware ...