Apple recently revealed a new set of rules that app developers must follow. From October, App Store developers will have to clearly and explicitly say just how users' personal data is used, secured ...

While providers of adware, or software-based marketing tools, continue to nudge their way into the reluctant embrace of online marketers, consumers have not been shy about speaking out against them, ...

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Adware stuffed into software you can freely download from the internet can secretly take screenshots of your desktop among other sneaky spyware-like capabilities. Dubbed as Zacinlo by Bitdefender, the ...

A French security researcher has stumbled upon an adware delivery scheme that involves clone websites that use legitimately-looking domain names to trick victims into downloading famous apps, but ...

As technology advances and more people come to rely on the Internet for information, leisure and business, it seems as if keeping your computer free of advertising is a daunting task. Not technically ...

Zango Inc., the adware distributor that has tangled with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), laid off 68 employees — about a third of its workforce — earlier this week, according to a senior executive ...

BitTorrent users, beware: Your download may include adware and spyware. Purveyors of the applications that produce pop-up ads on PC screens and track browsing habits ...