ZDNet Dictionary Definition
- Adware
- (1) (ADvertisementWARE) Software that periodically pops up advertisements on a user's computer. It displays ads targeted to the individual user based on key words entered in search engines...
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ZDNet Resources
- Trick or treat: AIM worm delivers backdoor, rootkit and Adware
- Trick or treat: AIM worm delivers backdoor, rootkit and adwareRe: Aim wormhttp://www.analogstereo.com/ferrari_328_owners_manual.htmRE: Trick or treat: AIM worm delivers backdoor, rootkit and adwarehttp://www.analogstereo.com/ferrari_328_owners_manual.htm
- Tags: Rootkits, Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, AIM worm, Trick-or-Treat, worm, rootkit, AOL Instant Messenger, adware
- Discussion threads 2008-05-04
- Spyware-Adware Remover (exe)
- Spyware-adware remover is a spyware and adware removal. No more adware or spyware in your computer. With this program, your computer will be faster and safer. This program will destroy and eliminate any spyware and adware. Free update also included. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Adware, UB, Spyware-Adware Remover, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security
- Software downloads 2008-04-16
- Is Snopes pushing Adware? Urban legend or fact?
- Is Snopes pushing Adware? Urban legend or fact?RE: Is Snopes pushing Adware? Urban legend or fact?Pop-ups are SO last year. Looks like I'm headed to www.truthorfiction.com from now on.Pop up blockerHence why I use a pop up blocker, and No script ^_^. Kinda of pitiful on...
- Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, E-mail, SECURITY, Snopes, adware, Urban Legend
- Discussion threads 2008-01-29
- Is Snopes pushing Adware? Urban legend or fact?
- Claim: The popular urban legend debunking site Snopes is pushing Adware on to its readers. Status: True (No longer true since their shaming from Alex Eckelberry and this blog on 1/28/2008). Origins: Blogger Adrian W Kingsley-Hughes pointed out this post from Alex Eckelberry of Sunbelt reporting how Snopes is...
- Tags: Adware, Pop-up, Blog, Legend, Snopes, Blogging, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Internet, Security, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-01-28
- PC Adware Diagnosis Tool (exe)
- PC Adware Diagnosis Tool. Free Software. Scans your computer for Adware. If any Adware is found, it recommends a course of action to rid your PC of Adware. Complete Adware removal process - stop unwanted adverts from appearing on your computer. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Adware, PC, Tool, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security
- Software downloads 2008-01-17
- Unblock Facebook Proxy (exe)
- The Unblock Facebook Proxy App can browze facebook if blocked at work or school. To unblock facebook you just need to run the software & our special facebook proxy software will let you surf the site as you normally would with an internet browzer. Our tool takes the place of...
- Tags: Software, Adware, Facebook, Tool, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Viruses And Worms, Security, Management
- Software downloads 2008-01-09
- Advanced Connection Viewer (msi)
- Advanced Connection Viewer is a security solution that simplifies the task of monitoring active connections (HTTP, TCP/IP, UDP, etc.) on the target machine. Advanced Connection Viewer displays the following information about each connection: protocol, both endpoints and state. The application allows users to perform immediate 'whois' operation on the endpoint...
- Tags: Adware, Application, Connection, Endpoint, Advanced Connection Viewer, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Tcp/Ip, Productivity, Viruses And Worms, Security, Networking
- Software downloads 2007-12-20
- Adware, shady marketing pays: Penthouse buys AdultFriendFinder and sister sites
- Adware, shady marketing pays: Penthouse buys AdultFriendFinder and sister sitesIt's long been suspected......that Penthouse is owned by scumbags. I think it's just been proven, beyond any reasonable doubt.Why would anyone bother with these pay for porn sites ?Go to www.youporn.com and watch all the free porn you want ....
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Web technology, Mark Bell, marketing, Penthouse, adware, AdultFriendFinder
- Discussion threads 2007-12-12
- Adware, shady marketing pays: Penthouse buys AdultFriendFinder and sister sites
- Penthouse Media Group has acquired Various Inc., a company that operates a stable of adult-oriented social networking sites such as AdultFriendFinder, Gradfinder and others. The New York Times reports: While the influx of free and low-cost video has hurt the sale of pornographic videos, the chief...
- Tags: Adware, Marketing, Advertisement, Pop-up Ad, FTC, Penthouse Media Group, Various Inc., Various Obviously, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-12-12
- Anti-Spy.Info Adware remover (exe)
- Anti-Spy.Info is your security and personal privacy tool that detects and removes spyware, Trojans, keyloggers, and adware. It complements your firewall and antivirus software. The process viewer tells you every hidden function of all dynamic link library, system task, and threat currently active on your computer. Anti-Spy.Info doesn't require runtime...
- Tags: Adware, Keylogger, Trojan Horse, Anti-Spy.Info, Process Viewer, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Productivity, Security
- Software downloads 2007-11-23
- XoftSpySE (exe)
- XoftSpySE detects and perfectly removes over 270,000 harmful, dangerous and likely unwanted applications. Remove Spyware, Adware. Stop Pop-ups. Kill Trojans, Worms, Viruses. Clean Registry & Program Errors. Remove harmful registry keys and files. Speed-Up your computer. Destroy harmful hijackers. Prevent identity and credit card theft. Clean & Optimize your PC....
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Sales channel, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Financial services, SECURITY, credit card, adware, trojan horse, spyware, virus, PC, computer
- Software downloads 2007-11-01
- XoftSpySE (exe)
- If you think your computer is completely clean of dangerous malware like viruses, trojans, worms, spyware, adware and all the other parasites out there, then you might be In for a big surprise, I can say with an 85% certainty that your current Virus & Spyware Protection Software is leaving...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, malware, virus, adware, trojan horse, spyware, computer, software
- Software downloads 2007-10-10
- Defend your PC against spyware, Adware, and Trojan horses
- Examine three distinct kinds of security risks (spyware, adware, and Trojan horses) in this chapter download from The Symantec Guide to Home Internet Security. Study the definition of each of these risks, review the legal and technological challenges of dealing with spyware and adware, and learn how to...
- Tags: Adware, PC, Trojan Horse, Addison-Wesley, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security
- Book chapters 2007-09-27
- Spybot - Search & Destroy (exe)
- Spybot - Search & Destroy can detect and remove a multitude of adware files and modules from your computer. Spybot also can clean program and Web-usage tracks from your system, which is especially useful if you share your computer. Modules chosen for removal can be sent directly to the included...
- Tags: Adware, SpyBot, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Microsoft Windows, Security, Viruses And Worms, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2007-09-17
- Free Antivirus Toolkit - MWAV (exe)
- Free AntiVirus toolkit that scans your computer completely and provides reports of any viruses and other threats that it finds. Checks for all illegal dialers, keyloggers and other spywares and adwares that are present on your computer and informs you of the same. Informs you of any background illegal sniffers...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, MicroWorld Technologies, dialer, keylogger, adware, computer, antivirus, spyware, virus
- Software downloads 2007-09-12
- Mastermax (exe)
- New File Sharing Program that connect to all of the gnutella network (sharaza, lime wire, and bearshare) with a interface unlike any other file sharing program, very simple, low CPU usage, and small file size 100 percent adware and spyware free. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com....
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, Gnutella, file-sharing, adware, CPU, spyware, network
- Software downloads 2007-08-17
- Okoker IE Security&PopUp Blocker (exe)
- Okoker IE Security&PopUp Blocker provides a ideal blue print to solve your problems that be attacked by spyware, adware, spam, pop-up, and malicious plug-in when you browse web. Prevent your home page from being reset, go to URL, install malicious plug-in and adware, lock Registry maliciously, popup all advertising Web,...
- Tags: Adware, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Plug-in, Web Browsers, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Internet, Security
- Software downloads 2007-08-16
- TC-Spy (exe)
- TC spy will protect you by scanning your entire computer system against a database of thousands of known spyware and adware threats and then alert you to any infections found. It will also provide you with a detailed report and clean any infections found.
- Tags: Adware, Infection, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Security, Viruses And Worms
- Software downloads 2007-08-10
- Adware Removal (exe)
- Adware Removal provides a real-time protection solution against spyware & adware. Adware Removal detects a multitude of spyware, adware, Trojan horses, keyloggers, and trackware components, sources of irritation that many antivirus products do not deal with.Version 8.0.18 updates fingerprint and fixes some bugs.
- Tags: Adware, Adware Removal, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security
- Software downloads 2007-07-02
- Disk and Registry Uninstaller (exe)
- Uninstaller and logger which is designed to log all the changes made your hard drive or registry whenever you install new software, and then show you exactly what changes have been made and where. Easily track, view, and monitor any files and registry keys added or removed on your hard...
- Tags: Adware, Registry, Hard Drive, Disk, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security
- Software downloads 2007-05-03
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