Adware Frustrates Computer Users
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Chuck Harris remembers when the Internet was fun and he&#39;d spend hours reading his favorite news sites, checking the church calendar, browsing the shops.
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Homes computers, lacking firewalls and up-to-date virus protection, are crawling with spyware.
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iNuisance Miscreants have created a proof-of-concept sample of adware that targets Apple Mac OS X users.â¦
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A prominent Internet safety organization and leading computer-maker Dell Inc. launched a campaign Friday to help consumers fend off "spyware," software that can cause sluggish computer performance or popup ads and secretly monitor the activities of Internet users.
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A screensaver targeting spam-related websites could help drive spammers out of business.
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Some prompts and websites that download browser plug-ins are turning out to be fronts for malicious programing.
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Web site visitors who clicked on banner ads on a number of popular European Web sites this weekend could have infected their computers with variants of the Bofra worm, experts warn.
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roundup Free-roaming source code breeds new Netsky pest. Also: From IE to Opera, browsers are a likely prey.
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Advertisements placed by Google in  Web pages are being hijacked by so-called trojan software that  replaces the intended text with ads from a different provider,  Romanian antivirus company BitDefender says.
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Ads for self-described security program Winfixer -- regarded by many as an unwanted program using questionable advertising to gain buyers -- got a swift eviction from MSN Messenger over the weekend. The problem of "scareware" on online ad networks, however, is much broader.
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When legit sites attack Excite.com and Rhapsody.com are the latest name-brand websites to be found serving advertisements that try to install malware onto users' machines, security researchers said. The sites join a Rogue's Gallery of mainstream destinations that include MySpace, Excite, Blick, and CNN.com, which all have been caught carrying tainted ads over the past few months.â¦
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Take heart, Internet Explorer users. Now it appears that virtually every Internet browser program - not just yours - poses a security risk.
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A software program that blocks ads is a two-edged sword: It stops annoyances for consumers, but it threatens to break down the business model that helps pay for Web content.
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Worried about catching viruses, spyware, or other malicious software while surfing the Web?
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Software that promises users increased privacy while surfing the web has been accused of including adware.
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Lycos Europe has released a special screensaver for Windows and the Mac OS platforms that will attack spam web pages. The screensaver âMake Love No Spamâ will overload a variety of spam servers by flooding
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With viruses, worms, spyware, spam and phishing, running a computer this year -- especially one with Windows -- has often been a colossal headache. -Rob Pegoraro