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 ...

An antivirus utility that only defends against viruses would be nearly useless. Computer viruses are just one type of threat, and not a common one at that. A proper antivirus program defends against ...

Microsoft Corp. gave an official name to its software for protecting computer users against spyware. The software, which has been known as Windows AntiSpyware Beta 1, will be called Windows Defender ...

Microsoft has purchased Giant Company Software, a small anti-spyware software company it hopes will shore up its security defenses. Microsoft declined to say how much it paid for the 10-person company ...

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With the ink barely dry on Microsoft’s acquisition of antispyware company Giant Company Software questions have arisen about the ownership of the antispyware code Microsoft bought. Microsoft ...

Trend Micro today announced its intent to acquire privately held anti-spyware software provider InterMute Inc., which makes both consumer and enterprise SpySubtract products, for $15 million.