- Tips & Tricks
- By Filip Truta
- January 26th, 2015
How to Remove Adware from Your Mac
A solution to cleaning your Mac without a fresh install
- Advisories
- By Ionut Ilascu
- September 25th, 2014
Stick to the Original: Sites That Look like the Old Softpedia Are Just Malicious Fakes
Compromised sites send users to obvious Softpedia clones
- Security Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 27th, 2014
Leaked Windows 9 Preview Lure Leads to Adware and Phishing
Crooks launch malicious campaigns promising download of upcoming Windows
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 13th, 2014
iOS Malware Hijacks Revenue from 22 Million Ads
About 75,000 iOS devices have been infected by AdThief
- Incidents
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 21st, 2014
Fake Flash Player Update Prompted by Malicious Advertisement
Adware applications are installed on the affected systems
- Security
- By Filip Truta
- May 15th, 2014
Get Rid of Genieo with Adware Removal Tool from BitDefender – Free Download
Freeware tool specifically targets unwanted installations of Genieo for Mac
- Linux
- By Silviu Stahie
- April 6th, 2014
PyDAW Developer Leaves Sourceforge, Accuses Hosting Service of Bundling Adware
A similar problem has been reported by the GIMP developers
- Advisories
- By Eduard Kovacs
- March 7th, 2014
Fake Windows 8.1 Enterprise Activators Hide Adware, Bitcoin Miners
Take a look at how these bogus activators trick users into installing shady software
- Spam Reports
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 4th, 2014
Experts Identify 12 Rogue Chrome Extensions Installed by 180,000 Users
The extensions are designed to inject ads into certain websites
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- November 27th, 2013
Website of Fake Financial Institution “Trust Financial” Serves Adware
A bogus application injects ads into search engine results
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- November 26th, 2013
Security App of the Week: AdwCleaner
A useful tool for removing adware and other annoying programs
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- November 11th, 2013
French Torrent Portal “Torrent Francais” Serves Shady Applications
The potentially unwanted applications are disguised as plugins
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- November 1st, 2013
Rogue Bing Ads Lure Users to Fake Snapchat Installer
ThreatTrack Security experts warn that the app is bundled with adware
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- October 17th, 2013
Bogus Flash Player Update Leads to Shady Firefox Extensions
ThreatTrack Security experts have analyzed the scheme
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- October 1st, 2013
Fake AdBlock Plus App Hosted on Google Play Hides Adware
Kaspersky experts have analyzed the shady application
- Advisories
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 24th, 2013
Guide: Remove Qvo6 Browser Hijacker
Automatic and manual removal steps for the Qvo6 adware
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 9th, 2013
AVG Warns of Fake AVG Antivirus Apps Hosted on Google Play
You can end up with a piece of adware installed on your device if you're not careful