First discovered in February 2005, a rapid procession of Mytob variants continues to plague users. On May 30th, yet another Mytob was discovered spreading in-the-wild. Mytob.AR has several aliases. See ... Read More

The seemingly endless stream of lonely housewives email may finally be at end. The US Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint against the parties allegedly behind the 'date lonely ... Read More

I-SPY and SPY Act have passed Congress, but some experts believe the bills miss the heart of the problem - and leave those who fight against adware/spwyare at risk. Full ... Read More

Ascetic.C, the Trojan downloaded by Sober.P during the weekend of May 14th, has now entered its download stage. On the plus side, that means the spam being generated by Ascetic.C ... Read More

Some malware (including the Sober.P worm) may not be detected, or may be only partially removed, if the system is not booted into Safe Mode for the scan. Here's how.

The Sober.P worm has morphed into a spam Trojan. Worse, you may be infected and your antivirus software may not know it. Full story

Microsoft has announced plans to offer a managed security service providing antivirus, firewall, scheduled backups, and PC diagnostics. But in the past, some critics have contended that Microsoft's security ambitions ... Read More

The Sober.P worm has stopped its mass-mailing and presumably begun downloading and executing other infected files. Even worse, your antivirus software may be unable to detect Sober.P - even if ... Read More

Trend Micro has announced plans to acquire InterMute, Inc., developers of SpySubtract Pro. In tests conducted for PC World's Spyware Stoppers, SpySubtract Pro came in 5th of ten products tested, ... Read More

Researchers have discovered two extremely critical vulnerabilities in the Firefox browser. The vulnerabilities allow malicious attackers to download and execute arbitrary code, in effect giving the attackers full control of ... Read More

Yahoo's current privacy policy is causing consternation among some users who object to their use of so-called 'web beacons'. Known in most circles as web bugs, these invisible images are ... Read More

A new variant of Sober is spreading, prompting some antivirus vendors to declare it a medium risk threat. Find out what the email looks like and how to rid yourself ... Read More