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 ...

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 ...

Apple has issued a new warning to iPhone users after discovering they are being targeted by spyware. Here's what you need to know.

Apple sent notifications this week to several people who the company believes were targeted with government spyware, according to two of the alleged targets. In the past, Apple has sent similar ...

For more than a decade, makers of government spyware have defended themselves from criticism by saying that their surveillance technology is intended to be used only against serious criminals and ...

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 ...