Tag: ADWARE

Cameron Diaz has won an award! (And no, we're not talking about her Teen Choice Award for Most Disgusting Scene in 'There's Something About Mary.') Computer security giant McAfee has named Diaz the most dangerous celebrity on the Internet, due to the massive amount of malware associated with her name. According to McAfee, you have a one in ten chance of stumbling on adware and viruses when ...

Just in time for summer, a bikini-clad malware scam is spreading across Facebook. According to Sophos, a video entitled "Distracting Beach Babes," containing a malicious link, was posted to thousands of users' Walls over the weekend. Apparently, this latest scam is an offshoot of the "Sexiest Video Ever" scam, which hit Facebook users last week. By clicking on the video thumbnail of a girl's ...

Chances are you've seen some flashing ads from time to time on certain sites, ads that say your computer is infected with a virus or running more slowly than usual and that, if you don't buy their software, you're utterly screwed! In case you didn't know, we assure you that there's virtually no way for a flashing ad like that to have any idea what's wrong with your PC. So, those ads are basically ...

Last month, when Facebook announced a series of ads that would inject themselves into your friends' News Feeds, privacy advocates balked. It was believed that this sort of implied advertising that appeared to come from a friend was illegally using their likeness to shill for some product or another. All that seems minor now, however, compared to new reports that Facebook is actually tracking ...