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What is adware? How to keep your computer free of annoying or potentially harmful ads
Adware is software that serves advertisements to you, either within your web browser or in other pr…
Dave Johnson
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Malicious adware detected in 21 games on Google Play Store – 19 of them are still available for download
Currently, 19 of the apps are still available on the Play Store, but Google was investigating th…
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22 different flashlight apps in Google Play were found to contain malicious adware
Security researchers at the cybersecurity software company Check Point discovered a new adware, dub…
Becky Peterson
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What is malware? Everything you need to know about malicious software and viruses, and how to protect your computer
Malware includes viruses, worms, adware, spyware, and ransomware — they all work differently but te…
Dave Johnson
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Lenovo: We're done with 'bloatware' and 'adware'
The software, which basically superimposed ads on web sites, used a fake security certificate, a te…
Matt Rosoff
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Apple removed 18 harmful apps from the App Store, but some of them are still available for Android users
Wandera researchers found that the apps contained trojan-clicker malware, meaning that the apps cou…
Mary Meisenzahl
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India now sixth worst affected country by mobile malware - adware, banking trojans and stalkerware biggest threats
The report revealed a drastic increase in the number of mobile malware threats detected in the…
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Hackers are installing malware on Macbooks - and there's nothing you can do to stop them
"This is obviously very bad news. Apple has evidently known about this issue for a while now - not …
Alastair Stevenson
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Watch Out: Your Chrome Extensions Could Start Spamming You
Ars tells the story of Amit Agarwal, the developer of an extension called "Add to Feedly," who was …
Jillian D'Onfro
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15 Ways The World Will Be Awesome In 2050
But when you consider ongoing social and economic progress and all of the coming innovations in sci…
Christina Sterbenz,Erin Fuchs
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112 years ago, the first Olympics held in the US were a disaster
On top of that, the selection of sports was strange. Some were blatantly racist - while others enda…
Christina Sterbenz
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Indian marketers spend nearly 20% of their advertising budget on tackling ad fraud: MMA's Ad Fraud Benchmark Report
The report has been published in collaboration with a research firm -- Decision Lab, with the objec…
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The Criteo versus SteelHouse 'click fraud' lawsuit just got even nastier
"Criteo informed SteelHouse that Criteo wanted to resolve this dispute 'amicably' and that if Steel…
Lara O'Reilly
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People are furious with Lenovo's response to the fact it was shipping dangerous 'Superfish' malware
But in order to show ads, Lenovo has been breaking all encrypted traffic for millions of customers …
Rob Price
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IronSource denies its business is based on 'deceptive' malware
IronSource installations are often strikingly deceptive: they promise to provide software IronSourc…
Jim Edwards
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Customers are complaining that some tablets for sale on Amazon are loaded with malware
On a $59.99 (£40) tablet currently on sale on Amazon US, a customer complains that it is "loaded wi…
Rob Price
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15 people who are living the dream
The 15 people on this list have often taken extraordinary risks and worked hard to build lives that…
Harrison Jacobs
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The nasty 'click fraud' legal dispute between ad tech companies Criteo and SteelHouse is over
Criteo and SteelHouse provide different business solutions, based on distinct attribution and prici…
Lara O'Reilly
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The 'click fraud' legal battle between ad tech giant Criteo and rival SteelHouse just got messier
Not only this, but SteelHouse claims the clicks often appear in "clusters" - where Criteo's cl…
Lara O'Reilly
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Judge denies Criteo's request to serve injunction against competitor it claimed was running a 'counterfeit click fraud scheme'
"On Thursday 27th October, the Court decided against granting the preliminary injunction Criteo req…