Jul 18, 2025 · Combating Spyware and Malware Malware, short for "malicious software," includes viruses and spyware that can steal personal information, send spam, and commit fraud.

Malware, short for malicious software, includes viruses and spyware that get installed on your computer or mobile device without you knowing it. Criminals use malware to steal personal …

Jul 18, 2025 · The FTC approved a proposed order banning SpyFone and its CEO Scott Zuckerman from the surveillance business over allegations that the stalkerware app company …

Jul 18, 2025 · The official website of the Federal Trade Commission, protecting America’s consumers for over 100 years.

Reports Spyware Workshop: Monitoring Software On Your Personal Computer: Spyware, Adware, and Other Software: Report of the Federal Trade Commission Staff

Someone in your company gets an email. It looks legitimate — but with one click on a link, or one download of an attachment, everyone is locked out of your network.

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The US SAFE WEB Act provisions are needed to help the FTC to protect consumers from cross-border fraud and deception, and particularly to fight spam, spyware, and Internet fraud and …

Jun 23, 2005 · Federal Trade Commission v. Trustsoft, Inc. doing business as Swanksoft and Spykiller, and Danilo Ladendorf, individually and as an officer of Trustsoft, Inc.

Sep 4, 2025 · A software program installed on consumers' computers without their consent to monitor their computer use. Spyware may be used to send pop-up ads, redirect computers to …