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BusinessWeek
June 28, 2004
Ben Elgin |
Guess What -- You Asked For Those Pop-Up Ads Software lodged in your PC follows your Web wanderings and slings up relevant pitches.   |
BusinessWeek
June 28, 2004 |
Ben Edelman, Adware Scourge This 24-year-old law student-expert witness says he's "100% convinced that spyware is a fair label" for advertising software. |
Fast Company
November 2004
Alan Deutschman |
The Ad Agency on Your Hard Drive How Web software called "adware" is taking advertising to a new, effective, and extremely annoying level. |
PC World
November 2005
Tynan & Spring |
The Hidden Money Trail Those programs that pelt you with ads and bog down your PC are financed by some of America's largest companies. |
PC World
July 2004
Tom Spring |
Striking Back at Spyware States, feds consider regulating intrusive software. |
InternetNews
October 1, 2004
Erin Joyce |
A Hobbled Anti-Spyware Law California has its first anti-spyware bill, but it doesn't do enough to terminate the growing use of spyware that logs your moves online. And don't expect to see much stronger legislation in Congress. |
BusinessWeek
June 28, 2004
Timothy J. Mullaney |
Claria: The Napster Of Pop-Up Advertising The smart course may be to let the risks play out before Claria's IPO, letting investors know whether they'll buy a rocket or a dud. |
InternetNews
May 11, 2005
Roy Mark |
Adware Called Too Cozy With Spyware The Center for Democracy and Technology says complex relationships allow responsible parties to dodge liability even if Congress passes an anti-spyware bill. |
InternetNews
June 8, 2005
Roy Mark |
Bad Actors Safe Under Spyware Legislation? Congress should do less, rather than more, when it comes to federal anti-spyware bills. |
PC World
November 2001
Tom Spring |
Consumer Alert: Stealth Ad Invasion Don't look now, but your computer may be harboring software that lets unwanted advertising in... |
PC World
July 2005
Andrew Brandt |
Can You Trust Your Spyware Protection? Determining what classifies as spyware is a difficult problem, and would-be spyware manufacturers try to make sure their software is not blacklisted by the major anti-spyware tools. |
The Motley Fool
June 30, 2005
Alyce Lomax |
Bad Ads at Microsoft? Hopefully rumors of Microsoft's interest in an adware company are just rumors. |
InternetNews
September 1, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Yahoo Funding Spyware? Analyst Ben Edelman charges Yahoo with supporting spyware companies by having them distribute its pay-per-click ads. He says that advertisers should be told what they are getting. |
InternetNews
December 23, 2003
Janis Mara |
Judge Downs Pop-Ups in Contrary Decision Due to trademark infringement, a judge granted a preliminary injunction against adware company WhenU from displaying pop-up ads for Vision Direct when users visit the 1-800 Contacts website. |
The Motley Fool
January 6, 2004
Rex Moore |
Judge Bars Pop-Ups When last we left WhenU.com, it had won a court victory allowing it to serve whatever pop-up ads it wanted on top of U-Haul's website, even those of a competitor. A few more legal victories followed, but now a judge in New York has reversed course. |
InternetNews
January 30, 2007
Ed Sutherland |
Travel Companies, Cingular Settle Adware Case Three online advertisers have to pony up $100,000 and promise to stop using controversial adware as part of a settlement with New York State's Attorney General. |
Entrepreneur
February 2004
Melissa Campanelli |
A Pop-Up Victory Competitors' ads could muscle in on your Web site. |
BusinessWeek
April 24, 2006
Grow & Helm |
Your Ad Here. And Here. And Here How a web of middlemen is hijacking the placement of online ads - and cashing in. |
InternetNews
February 16, 2007
Roy Mark |
DirectRevenue to Pay Back 'Spyware' Gains Adware distributor DirectRevenue today settled Federal Trade Commission charges of unfair and deceptive trade practices of installing unwanted and unsolicited spyware unto consumers' computers. |
InternetNews
June 30, 2004
Roy Mark |
Spyware Sneaking into the Enterprise Not just for consumers anymore, invasive programs are finding comfort in the corporate realm and leaving more than unwanted ads in their wake. |
InternetNews
November 6, 2006
Roy Mark |
FTC Mulling Next-Gen Tech, Policy Three days of hearings open to consider future Internet regulatory challenges. |
InternetNews
March 26, 2004
Janis Mara |
Gates Weighs In On Spyware Issue Microsoft's chairman says 'parasitic' software is turning the Internet into a billboard. |
InternetNews
March 20, 2006
Roy Mark |
Big Ads Add to Adware, Spyware Major Internet advertisers are financing - sometimes unwittingly - the spread of potentially harmful adware and spyware, according to a new Center for Democracy and Technology finger pointing report. |
InternetNews
June 24, 2004
Roy Mark |
Anti-Spyware Bill Clears Committee Hurdle Bill sponsors amend anti-spyware measure to cure Internet 'cancer.' |
InternetNews
February 27, 2004
Roy Mark |
Lawmakers Launch New Anti-Spyware Bill Two champions of last year's Can Spam Act have introduced legislation in Congress to outlaw invasive software such as spyware and adware from being secretly installed on computers. |
InternetNews
May 19, 2004
Mara & Miller |
Lawsuit Filed Under Utah's Challenged Anti-Spyware Act A retailer files a lawsuit in Utah under that state's new anti-spyware statute, though the law is temporarily blocked by a court order. |
Inc.
April 2006
Jennifer Gill |
Attention, Shoppers Price-comparison ads help businesses lure consumers away from the sites of their rivals. |
Wired
December 2005
Annalee Newitz |
Don't Call It Spyware Three years ago Gator (now Claria) was considered a parasite and a scourge. Today it's a rising star - selling virtually the same product. How a pop-up pariah won the adware wars. |
InternetNews
April 4, 2006
David Miller |
Spitzer Files Spyware Suit New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer is suing an Internet advertising firm he claims surreptitiously installed millions of pop-up ad producing programs on individuals' computers. |
PC World
April 2004
Liane Cassavoy |
Bye-Bye, Pop-Ups. Hello...? Pop-up ads, those reviled windows that intrude on your Web surfing, seem to be on the decline. But don't celebrate yet: New forms of advertising that may be just as annoying and even more intrusive are likely to replace them. |
BusinessWeek
October 4, 2004
Toddi Gutner |
What's Lurking in Your PC? Because it's so new and still evolving, many computer users don't understand spyware. Here's a quick tutorial to bring you up to date on this insidious problem. |
PC World
February 2004
Andrew Brandt |
Privacy Watch: Gain Extra Protection With Adware Scanner Secrets Put the extra features of Spybot Search & Destroy and Ad-aware to work for you. |
PC World
December 2004
Andrew Brandt |
Poor Defenders Some anti-spyware companies use confusing ads, and our tests show their $20-$60 products are less effective than free competitors. |
InternetNews
October 6, 2004
Roy Mark |
House Passes Anti-Spyware Bill The U.S. House of Representatives voted 399-1 Tuesday night to pass legislation prohibiting unfair or deceptive practices related to spyware. |
InternetNews
January 8, 2008
Kenneth Corbin |
Zango Pleads 'Not Guilty' in Facebook Adware Flap Online media firm Zango is firing back after a highly publicized security warning charged it with illicitly spreading adware through a rapidly spreading Facebook widget. |
InternetNews
March 15, 2007
Roy Mark |
A Charming Third Time For Anti-Spyware Bill? House panel backs Spy Act again despite two rejections from Senate. H.R. 964 would require an opt-in, notice and consent regime for adware or spyware that collects personally identifiable information from consumers. |
BusinessWeek
May 21, 2007
Hof & Holahan |
Behind Those Web Mergers Marketers want smarter, targeted online ads. That's driving deals. |
BusinessWeek
April 5, 2004
Stephen H. Wildstrom |
How To Stymie The Snoop In Your PC Besides viruses, now you have to watch out for spyware. This software snoops on your online activities and sends the info to third parties without your knowledge. Learn how to protect yourself from these sneaky programs. |
InternetNews
October 6, 2004
Ryan Naraine |
Microsoft: Adware Disrupts SP2 Installations Microsoft has released a critical update to fix a Windows XP Service Pack 2 installation problem caused by a third-party adware program called T.V. Media. |
InternetNews
July 12, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Microsoft Shifting Adware Approach? Is Microsoft hot on Claria or soft on adware? Microsoft has been criticized for changing the ratings of Claria and other adware in its Anti-Spyware product. Experts describe the deceptive practices used by some adware. |
BusinessWeek
September 26, 2005
Ben Elgin |
For Yahoo, Mistrust Is Popping Up Yahoo! could do more to fix adware problems. |
InternetNews
November 3, 2006
Roy Mark |
Zango Settles FTC Adware Charges The controversial adware distributor agrees to pay $3 million and provide consumer consent notices. |
PC World
March 2002
Brad Grimes |
Yet Another Word From Our Sponsor The new, annoying, unavoidable world of online ads... |
InternetNews
April 19, 2004
Roy Mark |
FTC Urges Industry Solutions to Spyware Officials say better tools and intense consumer education are key to protecting users from invasive programs. |
PC Magazine
September 14, 2005
Larry Seltzer |
Is It Spyware? The Anti-Spyware Coalition (ASC) has presented definitions and supporting documents for what is considered spyware to help standardize anti-spyware software. |
InternetNews
May 14, 2004
Roy Mark |
Spyware Solutions Not So Simple Proposed bills may create more problems than they solve according to VeriSign and other industry leaders. |
InternetNews
September 22, 2004
Roy Mark |
Senate Panel Approves Anti-Spyware Bill Anti-spyware legislation took a major step forward Wednesday when the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee approved a bill to outlaw spyware that is loaded on a computer without the user's consent. |
PC Magazine
May 31, 2006
Robert Lemos |
A Future Without Adware? Prosecutors and consumer advocates are on the attack against adware. Is a future without deceptive ad software attainable? |
PC World
January 2006
Dan Tynan... |
Letters to PC World, January 2006 The struggle against adware and spyware... Public reaction to increasingly complex copy protection measures... Comments on hassles with USB.... |
InternetNews
December 29, 2003
Janis Mara |
Display Ads Back From the Dead Perceptions of a decline in online display ads may be misleading. |
