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Visit a familiar website, and along with the usual ad banner you could pick up a script that steals cryptocurrency. How can you protect yourself from attacks delivered through online ads?

Did you know that live chat agents on websites can see everything — even messages you never actually sent? This post looks at how this works, and what you can do about it.

We explain how cyberattackers intercept cookies, the role of the session ID, and how to keep your cookies from going over to the dark side.

Thousands of companies exist for one purpose only: to collect and resell information about each of us. How do they do it, how can you limit data collection, and how do you delete what’s already been collected?

How to counter new privacy invasions by browser developers

In the wake of Google and Facebook, Mozilla has introduced its own technology for replacing third-party cookies: let’s take a look at how privacy-preserving attribution works.

How to use private browsing mode, what it doesn’t protect against, and why Google is deleting five billion dollars’ worth of user data.

Facebook now collects your link history and uses it to show targeted ads. Here’s how to disable this “handy” feature.

From watching foreign sports to finding the best online sales, we share the top high-speed VPN lifehacks.

How to remove browser ads in two clicks using our Anti-Banner feature.

Listen to your cookies with the Listening Back browser extension to understand the real scale of Web tracking.

Learn about Android device identifiers and how apps abuse them to make more money on ads.

Chrome learns to block ads by itself. What has Google come up with, and how will it help users?

Websites are logging your clicks, keystrokes, and more

What should you do if your antivirus detects something it calls “not-a-virus”? What kind of applications are behind this message, and what is all the fuss about?

Adware found on 250 million computers spies on users and can install other software.

Everyone is used to seeing targeted ads on the Internet. Now ads employing the same principles are emerging offline.

Kaspersky AdCleaner is our ad-blocking tool for iOS. Use it to forget about banners, prolong battery life, and open websites faster!

The Kaspersky Protection browser plugin keeps you safe while you traipse around the Internet — and it has several other useful features.

The tracking tools used by digital marketers are so ubiquitous that it’s really hard to avoid mass Web surveillance. However, our Private Browsing can help you protect your privacy.

We continue our series on the mechanics of Internet advertising. This time we will focus on the the various types of ads and how, precisely, they work.