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Mozilla moves to stop spyware company from spoofing Firefox
Mozilla sent a cease-and-desist letter on Tuesday to a European company that created a piece of spyware masquerading itself as the Firefox browser.
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Users warned after YapBrowser returns from the dead
YapBrowser, a replacement web browser once promoted by controversial spyware company Zango, has made a sudden return, GFI Software security researcher Chris Boyd has reported.
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BitDefender warns about dangers of new corporate Trojan threat
Internet security specialist BitDefender has warned about the dangers of a new spying Trojan it describes as "a serious enemy" that can be used as a corporate spying tool.
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McAfee sued by unhappy 'adware' company
A little-known company called 7Search.com has become the latest outfit to legally contest its classification as spyware by a major anti-malware company.
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Windows Defender fails in new malware test
Windows Defender has been slated in a new test that found it could detect barely half of the malware thrown at it during the last year.
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US authorities shuts down spyware operation
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has accepted a $2 million settlement in an operation against an illegal spyware company.
