Study: Adware Increasing Exponentially
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The prevalence of adware and spyware is increasing at an exponential rate, and only one out of every 33 Web users can correctly identify a 'safe' or 'unsafe' site, security firm McAfee said in a report released Monday.
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Users of the Internet Explorer click on ad banners four to five times as often as Firefox surfers, Adtech AG, a service provider for Internet ads, has determined (PDF).
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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
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The average Internet-enabled PC hosts 26 spyware programs, according to an audit by Internet service provider EarthLink, a sign of increasing bombardment by malicious software.
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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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Security experts warn of banner ads with a bad attitude--and a link to malicious code. Also: Phishers, be gone.
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High-speed Internet access is becoming more and more popular, study shows.
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There's a reason why so many PCs are infected with spyware and adware: Users seem to have stopped caring about having online privacy. Many are saying spyware is a small price to pay for free applications. By Michelle Delio.
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How spyware, a program that creeps onto a computerÂs hard drive unannounced, is wrecking the Internet.
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an IBM security report finds malware is increasing in volume and sophistication this year.
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Malware researchers have uncovered 'massive growth' in the number of PCs harboring silent rootkit infections.
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Blog: Report says click fraud rate is up due to increased use of botnets to automate the clicking on ads.
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[Johannesburg, 23 September 2004] - Symantec&#39;s sixth biannual report on global trends in Internet attacks, vulnerabilities, and malicious code activity shows SA recorded a 796% annual increase in the number of these attacks, rising from 375 per user last
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Bot software that turns PCs into zombies spreads via holes in Symantec and Microsoft products.
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On 20 November 2004, a major malicious-code attack emerged targeting European Web sites via banner ads. This two-step attack exploits two previously identified security vulnerabilities: the Bofra (or IFRAME
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Internet Explorer users are at least four times as likely to click on Web ads than Firefox users, a German advertising technology company said last week.
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A sophisticated hacking scheme seen early last year appears to be affecting an increasing number of Web servers.