NewsFactor - Yahoo will provide an extra measure of protection to its customers by offering Norton Internet security software. The Norton software, produced by Symantec, includes protection against the most common cyber threats, such as spyware, spam, and identity theft. It is intended to be used while users shop online, handle their e-mail messages, or do their online banking.

AFP - US Internet search engine Yahoo and software security giant Symantec Corporation launched a joint service to protect people online from hackers, viruses, spyware and spam.

PC World - Suite is designed to protect users from viruses, spyware, and other Internet dangers.

A California man sues Microsoft for alleged violations of spyware statues in its Windows Genunine Advantage anti-piracy program. The problem concerns the WGA Notifications component, which was released worldwide earlier this week....

A California man sues Microsoft for alleged violations of spyware statues in its Windows Genunine Advantage anti-piracy program. The problem concerns the WGA Notifications component, which was released worldwide earlier this week....

Banking on the popularity of the World Cup, many websites with team and football player information are overrun with spyware and adware. Security firm McAfee says the Angolan team has the largest number of risky sites associated with it, Brazil comes in at second....

PC Magazine - The malware-fighting software maker is promising kernel-level driver protection from spyware in the latest version of its enterprise package.

NewsFactor - Microsoft has changed a feature found in its Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) software after receiving complaints about the program's daily check-ins with the company's servers. Now, the tool will dial home in 14-day intervals instead of after every system boot.

TechWeb - The suite provides virus, spam and spyware filtering and comes in versions for enterprises and small and medium-sized businesses.

A warning has been given to internet users who search the web to be aware of malicious websites that expose the user to spam, spyware and other dangerous downloads. A new report reveals that the most dangerous words to use while...

Macworld.com - Spyware researchers at Webroot Software have uncovered a stash of tens of thousands of stolen identities from 125 countries that they believe were collected by a new variant of a Trojan horse program the company is calling Trojan-Phisher-Reber­y.

A spyware company is ordered to turn over more than $4 million in profit for its downloading practices. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission sued Sanford Wallace and his company, Smartbot.Net, for deceptively downloading spyware onto its...

AP - A Yahoo Inc. advertiser has accused the Internet search engine of fraud, saying its ads have been appearing in spyware and "typosquatter&q­uot; Web sites that take advantage of misspelled trademarks.

Security breaches from computer viruses, spyware, hacker attacks and theft of equipment are costing British business an estimated 10 billion pounds ($18 billion) a year, according to a survey on Tuesday. The loss is 50 percent higher...

Reuters - Security breaches from computer viruses, spyware, hacker attacks and theft of equipment are costing British business an estimated 10 billion pounds ($18 billion) a year, according to a survey on Tuesday.

Washington state's attorney general says an Oregon man was fined $84,000 for duping users with fake security warnings that led them to buy a bogus anti-spyware program. InformationWeek.com reports Microsoft Corp. and Attorney General Rob...

AP - An Oregon man will pay nearly $84,000 in fines and consumer restitution for using e-mail to market bogus anti-spyware software called Spyware Cleaner, Washington state officials said in announcing a settlement.

NewsFactor - PC Tools has updated its antispyware software with Spyware Doctor 3.5. The latest version combines strong protection against keyloggers, adware, and spyware with new tools to remove rootkits and other hard-to-rid malware.

AP - New York's attorney general sued another Internet pop-up advertising company Tuesday, accusing it of secretly installing malicious programs on personal computers and sending ads through "spyware" that is already installed.

Julie Farby - AHN Staff Writer Albany, NY (AHN)—Accusing it of secretly installing malicious programs on personal computers and sending ads through "spyware" that is already installed, New York's attorney general Eliot Spitzer took decisive action, suing another Internet pop-up advertising...