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 ...
Rich Trouton, a Mac systems administrator who runs the Der Flounder blog has discovered that a Java installer is installing adware, in the form of the Ask Toolbar. Basically when you install Java you ...
For several years, Oracle has been bundling the Ask toolbar with its Java software for Windows PCs, often using deceptive methods to convince customers to install the unwanted add-on. With the latest ...
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 ...
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 ...