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The law-enforcement bodies have cracked a major botnet, asking antivirus company Kaspersky to help victims clean up the malware on their PCs.

Real life: My battle with spyware
Computerworld, MA - 1 hour ago
This is not your typical article on spyware. Instead, it's a modern-day parable of my own recent experience with a crippling spyware infestation, ...

Putting the Brakes on Net Integration
Computerworld, MA - 1 hour ago
I need to ensure that we don’t introduce anything like viruses, spyware or Trojan horses into our network. To determine if this company has any malicious ...
[ Thanks to dave for this link. ] "FrostWire "FrostWire is a peer-to-peer file sharing program for the Gnutella and BitTorrent protocols. FrostWire is written in Java, and is a fork of LimeWire, another popular Gnutella client.
It is quickly becoming the norm for Australia's largest banks to offer discounts on or completely free computer security software to boost internet banking security. The question is, why?

MacUser

Apple spent $450K lobbying government in Q2
MacUser, CA - 12 minutes ago
... the No Child Left Behind Act. In the April-June period, Apple also lobbied on something I think we can all support; government crack downs on spyware. ...

MacUser

Apple spent $450K lobbying government in Q2
MacUser, CA - 7 hours ago
... the No Child Left Behind Act. In the April-June period, Apple also lobbied on something I think we can all support; government crack downs on spyware. ...
Linus Torvalds , creator of the Linux kernel, says he's fed up with what he sees as a "security circus" surrounding software vulnerabilities and how they're hyped by security people. Torvalds explained his position in an e-mail exchange with Network World this week. He also expanded on critical comments he made last month that caused a stir in the IT industry. [ Learn how to secure ...

Apple spent $450K lobbying government in 2Q
Forbes, NY - 1 hour ago
... down on spyware, which are computer programs that can surreptitiously access hard drives to track online behavior and steal sensitive personal data. ...

Apple spent $450K lobbying government in 2Q
Forbes, NY - 6 hours ago
... down on spyware, which are computer programs that can surreptitiously access hard drives to track online behavior and steal sensitive personal data. ...