Beginning with the current version of Microsoft Edge, Microsoft will begin blocking adware, Bitcoin miners, and other unwanted apps that sometimes accompany apps that users download from the web.

Microsoft today announced a change to how it handles adware, a form of malware that pushes unwanted advertisements to the user. As of July 1, the company’s security products will immediately stop any ...

Microsoft has announced it will change the way it classifies adware by beginning to block unwanted and intrusive advertisements from users. Microsoft has announced this summer it will change the way ...

Windows/OS X: Disconnect, makers of our favorite privacy tools, unveiled a new desktop app designed to protect your computer from malware, adware, and spyware. There are two tiers: A free version that ...

Adware is a type of malware that invades your computer and changes the settings of your browser without your knowledge or permission. After installing, adware redirects you to other websites and ...

Early this year, Lenovo was placed on the hot seat after word of the Superfish adware pre-installed on many of its devices became public. Since then, there has been an increased scrutiny of similar ...

Microsoft is adding a new opt-in defense for enterprises to block adware, which is often sneakily wrapped into free downloads. Adware is often classified as a potentially unwanted application, or PUA, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Q: How do I delete pop-ups from s.admathhd.com? ~Don Gould, Littleton Tech+ Oh yikes, Don! I just Googled the URL, and it’s not pretty. I am assuming that ...

FF AdBlock Protection is a Firefox addon that will display advertisements in search result pages and web sites that you visit. When installed, FF AdBlock Protection injects a javascript script into ...

YT AdBlocker is a Firefox addon that injects advertisements into web sites that you visit. When you visit, this addon will inject a javascript script that loads various monetization rules into the ...

Earlier this year Lenovo got in hot water for shipping computers with pre-installed software called Superfish that was designed to replace the ads in websites with, well, other ads. The problem is ...

NEW YORK -- Symantec Corp. said it filed suit against Hotbar.com Inc. for the right to detect certain Hotbar software programs as adware and help customers remove them from their computers. The suit, ...