SAN FRANCISCO--Ending speculation about whether it was shifting to a paid model, Microsoft said on Tuesday that it will provide customers with its new anti-spyware software for free. The pledge, made ...

Microsoft last week unveiled a new beta of its long-simmering Windows Anti-Spyware package, marking the company’s first major foray into computer security technology intended for end users. For years, ...

To find which anti-spyware product is best for your corporate network, we invited about 30 vendors to submit products to our lab for testing. We received 18 products from 16 vendors (see box), and we ...

The two free tools signify more of Microsoft's baby steps into the security software market. Microsoft publicly stated its intent to enter the antivirus market when it acquired antivirus technology ...

Microsoft this week defended its Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) tool against charges that it acts like spyware because it constantly checks in with Microsoft when a user boots a PC with the tool ...

Windows Defender has been around for some time in its current form, but that's about to change. It will soon become a Windows app. As you may have heard by now, Microsoft’s recent Windows 10 Creators ...

Analyst firm Gartner expects Microsoft to launch a Windows anti-virus and anti-spyware product in the second half of 2005, following the software giant's acquisition of Giant on Thursday. In an effort ...

A report by Mark Russinovich has raised serious concerns about the seedier side of anti-spyware. He investigated a number of programs that claimed to be spyware removal tools, and found that some of ...

The message is unnerving: "Warning! Your computer may be infected with spyware." Too true. Spyware now infects 80 percent of PCs in America. It is a form of adware that tracks your every click and ...

The Messenger chatbot has gone off the rails — and it doesn't think much of its creator.

Responding to escalating complaints, Microsoft Corp. on Thursday released a free tool to erase spyware from its flagship Windows operating system. The company plans to offer a virus-removal program ...