Malicious software can easily find its way onto your computer and stay there undetected. However, with the right tools, you can scan your system and remove spyware, adware, and other malicious ...

WASHINGTON -- Microsoft Corp., whose popular Windows software is a frequent target for Internet viruses, is offering a free security program to remove the most dangerous infections from computers. The ...

Tons of readers have written to complain that our column recommending the free spyware removal tool Spybot — Search and Destroy misled them. It’s not free, they said. But it really is free. What ...

Microsoft Corp. has posted a second beta version of Windows Defender, its free spyware-removal tool. The program is in a name-change transition: Windows Defender initially was called Windows ...