Archive for the 'Spyware News' Category

Process Software Launches a New Version of SpyCatcher Enterprise

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Process Software, a premier supplier of communications software solutions to mission-critical environments, today announces the release of SpyCatcher Enterprise v5.0. The latest version offers a new spyware Profiling Engine(TM), which includes multiple layers of technology to stop the most sophisticated spyware threats. It differs from its predecessor because it offers advanced behavioral spyware detection, an [...]

SpywareBlaster 4

Friday, March 7th, 2008

SpywareBlaster is free for personal or educational use, and offers a different kind of protection to many similar titles on the market. Rather than remove spyware once it has been installed on your PC, this software prevents it being installed in the first place. There are settings for Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox, offering varying [...]

How to keep the internet spies at bay

Friday, March 7th, 2008

Who could be spying on you over the internet? Well, let’s see – governments (not just your government, foreign governments as well), corporations, a competing business, marketing companies, data mining businesses, criminal gangs … and the list goes on. Spyware is all about commercial and personal information gathering. It can make big money, and is [...]

Process Software Launches a New Version of SpyCatcher Enterprise

Friday, March 7th, 2008

Process Software, a premier supplier of communications software solutions to mission-critical environments, today announces the release of SpyCatcher Enterprise v5.0. The latest version offers a new spyware Profiling Engine™, which includes multiple layers of technology to stop the most sophisticated spyware threats. It differs from its predecessor because it offers advanced behavioral spyware detection, an [...]

Protect Your PC Security by Scanning and Removing Spyware

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

It is a common task for most people to do things online because it makes life easier and it saves time. Visiting websites and downloading from the internet makes your computer system exposed to adware and spyware. These things are dangerous to your computer security system. Scanning and removing spyware is important for your security. [...]

GCSB confirms action on spyware

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

Government security agency GCSB has confirmed it has stepped up efforts to ensure government agencies don’t inadvertently buy hardware containing spyware.

Anti-spyware site serves up spyware

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

A website that claims to help surfers get rid of spyware actually infects visitors, a security firm has claimed. Trend Micro discovered the website, known as Removal-tool.com, linked to other web pages that would infect surfers with spyware programs. "Who’d suspect that a professional-looking anti-spyware site will give them just the opposite of what they’re [...]

Webroot offers email scanning spyware

Friday, January 18th, 2008

Webroot, which became known through its client-side spyware detection market, has announced it would sell an email security service for consumers and small to medium businesses. The service needs no edge network hardware like filters or security gateways and claims to protect against 98 per cent of email spam and 100 per cent of known [...]

Microsoft develops employee spyware

Friday, January 18th, 2008

Cthulhuoid Microsoft has decided it would be nifty idea if you wired up your employees and monitored how they were feeling. According to the Times, the Vole has patented computer software that would allow managers to remotely monitor the wellbeing and productivity of employees. Under the glorious Volish vision you would be plugged into Vista [...]

Facebook bans spyware application

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

Facebook has banned the Secret Crush application, which was accused last week of attempting to install Zango spyware on users’ PCs. "Facebook is committed to user safety and security and, to that end, its Terms of Service for developers explicitly state that applications should not use adware and spyware. We have contacted the developers and [...]