WASHINGTON--Spyware, adware and other code that lurks on hard drives has become so pervasive it's bedeviling home users, driving corporate technology managers to distraction and has become the top ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Q: How do I delete pop-ups from s.admathhd.com? ~Don Gould, Littleton Tech+ Oh yikes, Don! I just Googled the URL, and it’s not pretty. I am assuming that ...

Two anti-spyware bills are being readied in time for a hearing Thursday in the U.S. House of Representatives. The measures, one sponsored by a California Republican and the other by a Washington ...

A pioneer of software that delivers pop-up ads based on Web sites that Internet users browse said Tuesday it will exit that business by June following persistent criticism from online publishers, ...

In addition to various viruses that can harm your Mac, there’s a different kind of annoyance you might have stumbled upon: adware. This might manifest itself as a web page that tells you you’ve been ...

A pioneer of software that tailors pop-up ads to Internet users’ browsing habits is beginning to shun a practice that has invited much derision and plenty of lawsuits. A new service Claria Corp. is ...

In the '90s, it seemed like you couldn't visit a website without getting adware, those programs that bombard you with unwanted ads. Well, according to a new study from Google, U.C. Berkeley and other ...

A site billing itself as the world’s largest sex and swingers community has settled charges with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that it bombarded consumers with sexually explicit pop-up ads. The ...

NEW YORK – Say goodbye soon to those pop-up ads from Claria Corp.’s oft-vilified ad-targeting technology. On July 1, Claria will stop running ads generated by its pioneering but highly criticized ...

Two anti-spyware bills are being readied in time for a hearing Thursday in the U.S. House of Representatives. The measures, one sponsored by a California Republican and the other by a Washington ...