SearchMyFile is a program that allows you to search for files on your computer. This program is also bundled with adware programs that displays a constant stream of advertisements in the user's ...

Folder Share, otherwise known as FolderShare, is an adware program that reads shares a Windows folder as a network share. What it does not tell you, though, is that it will also install numerous ...

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has announced that New York has reached ground-breaking settlements with three major online advertisers for promoting products and services on the Internet through ...

As the word "adware" became part of the public lexicon last year, so too did the problems posed by that type of software, according to McAfee, an Internet security company. McAfee, which sells ...

WASHINGTON--Backers of a new plan to police downloads believe it will put an end to unwanted software that launches pop-up ads and hogs system resources. But critics counter that the program will ...

Web surfers battling "spyware" face a new problem: so-called spyware-killing programs that install the same kind of unwanted advertising software they promise to erase. Web surfers battling "spyware" ...

A new Trojan horse program that attacks and removes troublesome advertising software, known as adware, is circulating on the Internet, according to antivirus company Symantec Corp. The program, called ...

Toyota Motor executives are adamant about respecting their customers' privacy, and they say they won't alienate buyers with Web monitoring and other controversial online marketing tactics. So they ...

A well-known adware program is preventing users from installing antivirus products by leveraging a Windows feature that was designed for security. The program, known as Vonteera, abuses the digital ...

Companies that use free software downloads to target Web surfers with annoying ads are turning on each other to keep customers--and the cash they generate--for themselves. The tactic is in the ...

Internet Explorer has built-in tools to fend-off unwanted pop-up windows. But some sophisticated pop-ups can work around the preventative measures. Pop-ups have been an everlasting nuisance for many ...