It's important to know the signs of a virus, so that you can act quickly to get rid of any malware and stay safe in future. A virus is a type of malicious software, or malware, that can replicate ...

Spyware rarely announces itself with pop-ups or flashing warnings. It slips into everyday routines, quietly tracking what you type, where you click, and which accounts you open, often for months ...

The Irish government announced that it wants to pass a law that would grant police more surveillance powers, such as using ...

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 ...

Dear Action Line: What causes pop-up ads on the computer screen and how do I stop them? — N.R., Tulsa. US-CERT, Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness ...

Over 300,000 new types of ransomware and other malicious software are discovered daily, according to the IT security research institute AV-TEST. Computer viruses can slow your devices, create a slew ...

The sellers of the Spyware Slayer antispyware program have agreed to pay $300,000 in fines to settle charges that they violated Washington state spyware and consumer protection laws. Both the charges ...

A California court has ordered Israeli spyware merchant NSO Group to pay $167.25m in punitive damages, and $444,719 in compensatory damages, for enabling state-backed hacks of mobile devices belonging ...

Washington’s attorney general has settled the first case prosecuted under the state’s 2005 Computer Spyware Act. The settlement announced Monday is with antispyware vendor Secure Computer LLC. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ireland is considering new legislation to give its law enforcement agencies more surveillance powers, including allowing the use ...