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[marsomega]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=528&e=&u=/ap/20050624/ap_on_hi_te/spyware_s_advertisers

Even Fortune 500 companies have turned to adware: Sprint Corp. for its PCS mobile phones, major banks peddling Visa credit cards, Sony Corp (NYSE:SNE - news). and retailers including Circuit City Stores Inc. And Mercedes-Benz USA had its cars flashing on consumer's computer screens before the company, fielding complaints, put on the brakes.

Bastards...

So far, law enforcement has mostly targeted the transmitters. Intermix Media Inc. has agreed to pay $7.5 million in a tentative settlement of a lawsuit by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer.

But Spitzer isn't stopping there. He is threatening to hold accountable household-name advertisers that use adware networks. No longer, says Spitzer, can companies play dumb.

Speaking of which...

“Scans” Detected Spyware That Wasn’t There; Spyware Removal Software Claims Were False.

http://castlecops.com/article-6091-nested-0-0.html

I'm starting to believe Trend's suite is like this. It is always downloading critical updates and sending out alarms at how it stopped so many network viruses...

 

[Christoff Yurievich]

http://castlecops.com/article-6091-nested-0-0.html

I'm starting to believe Trend's suite is like this. It is always downloading critical updates and sending out alarms at how it stopped so many network viruses...

that's awesome. good to see their being hung out to dry.