Cingular Wireless and Travelocity ads appeared on Google.com last month, without Google's consent, thanks to spyware.

Windows' Secret Record of Your Internet Tracks (Yahoo! Tech Advisors)

Reader Carl Snyder writes: I am told that when we search the web, a history is kept deep in the bowels of our PC. Yet I empty my temp folder and cache regularly. By doing this, am I not getting rid of my history, or is there still a trace? I hate spyware and adware and I swear these gremlins are in my PC, because my PC gets real slow at times. Thanks for your hard work! The short answer is ...

Global malady: Virus writers worldwide team up (InfoWorld via Yahoo! News)

Security researchers have been touting the growing nature of professionalism among virus authors over the last several years, but new evidence points to increased cooperation between malware writers spread around the globe, according to some experts.

Researcher: Cingular, Travelocity still in spyware net (InfoWorld)

( InfoWorld ) - Just weeks after reaching a settlement with New York's attorney general , AT&T's Cingular division and Travelocity.com are again being accused of having ties to spyware companies. On Tuesday, antispyware advocate Benjamin Edelman posted research showing how Travelocity and Cingular ads placed by spyware and adware programs have cropped up recently. The findings appear ...

News: Anti-spyware bill could mean tougher fines (SecurityFocus)

Anti-spyware bill could mean tougher fines

Global malady: Virus writers worldwide team up (InfoWorld)

( InfoWorld ) - Security researchers have been touting the growing nature of professionalism among virus authors over the last several years, but new evidence points to increased cooperation between malware writers spread around the globe, according to some experts. The practice of using widely-distributed IP addresses to distribute malware and spam to help avoid detection by security ...

Companies That Promised To Stop Advertising In Adware... Still Advertising In Adware (Addict 3D)

Earlier this year, a bunch of companies paid some fines for advertising in various adware systems, and promised to stop doing so.

Researcher: Cingular, Travelocity still in spyware net (InfoWorld via Yahoo! News)

Just weeks after reaching a settlement with New York's attorney general, AT&T's Cingular division and Travelocity.com are again being accused of having ties to spyware companies.

ScanSafe Reports Nearly Half of All Web Traffic in the Workplace is Non-Productive (Broadcast Newsroom)

LONDON & SAN MATEO, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- ScanSafe, the pioneer and leading provider of Web Security-as-a-Service, today issued compelling data on corporate Web usage in its latest monthly Global Threat Report.

Magentic by IncrediMail Exceeds Two Million Registered Downloads (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

NEW YORK----IncrediMail Ltd. , a leading software company specializing in Internet consumer products and services, today announced that its Magentic product has reached more than two million worldwide registered downloads since its introduction in April of 2006.