After several months of testing, Yahoo has released an enhanced version of its Internet-services toolbar that now comes with a feature for removing often unwanted software such as spyware and adware.

Social recommendation site StumbleUpon moves forward with an updated service that removes the need to install software to take advantage of its "stumbling" feature. Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 ...

The Ask Toolbar is like a barnacle. It doesn’t necessarily hurt anything, but it’s also not the most pleasant thing to look at or deal with either. The toolbar, which is frequently bundled with ...

Microsoft has reclassified the Ask Toolbar as unwanted software, which means its security tools will automatically detect and remove all versions, except for the most recent, from Windows computers.

Google's Toolbar for Internet Explorer and Firefox serves as a gateway to a variety of software services provided by the search giant, many of which require a user to ...

Microsoft has started classifying most versions of the Ask Toolbar as unwanted software and has updated its malware programs to automatically remove them. The move drew applause from security and ...

Microsoft has redesigned the taskbar for Windows 7, hoping to make it less cluttered and easier to use than Vista's. It features larger icons and the ability to pin new applications to it, but the ...

Phishing – the use of spammed fraudulent e-mail messages to attempt to get people to reveal their personal details usually through a bogus Web site – has reached epidemic proportions. The biggest ...

Google Inc., owner of the world’s most popular search engine, was accused in a lawsuit of violating users’ privacy rights because its Toolbar software allegedly transmits their Internet activity to ...

SAN JOSE (CN) - A federal class action claims that Google's Toolbar software deceives users into giving the company information about the websites they visit and the information they search for online ...