Malicious Software Topics
Consent And Legality
Malicious software is often sold bundled with other software that contains a EULA, or end-user license agreement, which the computer owner has to accept before they can install the software.
Adware And Tracking
Adware is much more devious and hidden than ad-supported software like the free ad-supported Eudora Lite. Adware's main purpose (minimally) is to track your Internet activities and send them to some remote Internet location.
Free Spyware Cleaners
Be careful trusting any old anti-spyware software, as there has been many "fake" anti-spyware programs that actually are spyware in disguise. You really should stick with these tried-and-true selections.
Latest Malicious Software News
- What are Malware and Viruses?
Malware may actually contain other malicious software such as viruses, worms, spyware, and adware. The malware software may actually corrupt the file system of your PC causing it to come to a slow crawl or even a screeching halt! ...
- Vundo and fake anti-malware software
Today we tested Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. After five passes the product declared the drive clean and indeed the symptoms were gone. I removed the drive and mounted it in a test machine and ran Avira Antivir against it and found three ...
- Warning! Don't run Anti-Malware Software on Your Research Machine
I do not run any anti-malware software on my primary workstation. It's a habit I got into way back when I was doing penetration assessments. I showed up at the site, fired up ye olde laptop, and went to run some tool. ...went to run ...