Submitted by WWAY on 6 January 2009 - 6:42pm. READ MORE: There are few things more frustrating than a slow computer, but there is some anti-virus and spyware software you can download to protect your computer to get it back up to speed.

Many online users are hit with offensive ads when visiting well known web sites.  The fault may not lie in the web site, but on the user's own computer.  

December 11, 2008 Tried Tool has announced Spyware Adware Alert SE 2008.1 v1.17. Spyware Adware Alert SE scans your computer for hidden parasites and removes them permanently. Our advanced system cleaner works to repair and correct errors caused by ad and spywares and tweaks your PC for optimal performance. Annoying pop-up ads are blocked before they have a chance to bother you again. Does your ...

McAfee has produced a useful list of The 12 Scams of Christmas , starting with Charity Phishing Scams and ending with Laptop Theft. It includes Dangerous Holiday-related Search Terms, and provides a list. Santa screensavers, Santa ringtones and Santa wallpapers can be packaged with adware, spyware or worse, and McAfee suggests you use its own Site Advisor to see if sites are safe. ...

With ability to optimize PC performance, Spyware Remover SE 2008 v1.13.1 features Spyware Remover advanced system cleaner to repair and correct errors caused by ad and spywares. Software also blocks pop-up ads. It works with Win95, Win98, WinME, WinNT 3.x, WinNT 4.x, WinXP, Windows2000, Windows2003, and Windows Vista. This story is related to the following: Software Search for suppliers ...

Apple's success has hinged as much on the downfall of the PC as it has on heralded CEO Steve Jobs. What if PCs catch their stride?

The first thing you need to know about protecting yourself from these things is to totally understand what they do. Once you know what spyware and adware is, you'll be able to take measures against it infecting your machine.

Using computing power from a cluster of 200 PS3 game consoles and about $700 in test digital certificates, a group of hackers in the U.S. and Europe have found a way to target a known weakness in the MD5 algorithm to create a rogue Certification Authority (CA), a breakthrough that allows the forging of certificates that are fully trusted by all modern Web browsers. The research, which will be ...

MOSCOW: The explosion of malware and cybercrime in 2008 could cost its victims more than US$100 billion (RM350 billion), said Eugene Kaspersky, founder and chief executive of Kaspersky Lab.

Security Fix blogger Brian Krebs answers your questions about the latest computer security threats and offers ways to protect your personal information.