Badware Protector is a a rogue anti-spyware program from the same family as XP Antivirus 2008. Badware Protector uses false scan results as a trick to make you think that you are infected. In reality, ...

Last week, Harvard University's Berkman Center and the Oxford Internet Institute launched a "Neighborhood Watch" initiative against spyware and other malicious software programs. A new website, ...

Anyone who has ever had a weekend ruined by trying to get rid of an endless stream of pop-ups knows what "badware" means. There's a feeling of frustration, helplessness and anger that's hit millions ...

If you haven't heard of "badware" before, you will now. A coalition, which includes sponsors Google, Lenovo and Sun Microsystems, and organizers the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard ...

The StopBadware.org group, which was launched in January with the goal of becoming an online “hall of shame” for spyware and questionable adware, Wednesday begins naming software applications it ...

With the financial backing of the information-technology behemoths Google and Sun Microsystems, researchers at Harvard University and the University of Oxford are starting a project intended to stem ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. The Google-backed StopBadware.org project has slapped a ...

Cambridge, Mass., October 7, 2011—Nonprofit anti-malware organization StopBadware announced today the public release of its new Best Practices for Reporting Badware URLs. StopBadware’s new best ...

Cambridge, Mass., November 16, 2010—StopBadware, a non-profit anti-malware organization, announced today that it will increase its focus on the role of web hosting providers in protecting users from ...

From the StopBadware.org press release: The majority of the Internet’s malware-infected websites are located on Chinese networks, finds a new report released today by StopBadware.org, the ...

The Washington Post (last week took) a fascinating look at how three UK-based terrorists used badware and phishing scams to finance their criminal operations. The scale of the scams is mind-boggling, ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. The high-powered StopBadware.org coalition has slapped a ...