A high-profile consumer advocacy group has asked the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) to pull the plug on the “illegal and deceptive practices” used by adware vendor 180Solutions Inc. to install ...

An internet security vendor is warning that a Facebook application that promises to tell you if any of your online friends harbor secret lust for you actually just wants you to install adware and help ...

OhMyTabs is an adware program that claims that it is "a free set of tools that work to make your browsing experience better!". When I installed OhMyTabs, though, I did not see anything but OhMyTabs ...

Two weeks ago, Ars reported on newly discovered Android adware that is virtually impossible to uninstall. Now, researchers have uncovered malicious apps that can get installed even when a user has ...

Your computer is sluggish, but you’re not even doing much. Here are five processes you can end right now for a faster, smoother experience. You can thank me later. Sometimes you need to go further to ...

It looks like Lenovo has been installing adware onto new consumer computers from the company that activates when taken out of the box for the first time. The adware, named Superfish, is reportedly ...

Pakistani Girls Mobile Data Adware adware will download and install a modified MSMVPS Hosts file onto the affected computer. This HOSTs file will have all of the entries modified so that the host ...

Google Play has removed up to 50 apps that once downloaded plagued systems with full-screen ads. More than 50 malicious apps have been discovered on the Google Play app marketplace, peddling adware to ...

If you’ve ever downloaded software, chances are you’ve experienced an all-too-common surprise: ads or other unwanted programs that tagged along for the ride, only to pop up on your PC uninvited. Turns ...

If you’ve ever downloaded software, chances are you’ve experienced an all-too-common surprise: ads or other unwanted programs that tagged along for the ride, only to pop up on your PC uninvited. Turns ...

Although the Flash Player app formally reached its end of life on December 31, 2020, Adobe has allowed a local Chinese company to continue distributing Flash inside China, where the application still ...

If you’re seeing irritating ads pop-up in your browser, your homepage has been changed to some strange search engine, or your computer is suddenly slow, you’ve been targeted by adware. Adware is ...