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InternetNews
May 4, 2006
Roy Mark |
Spyware Hustler Hit With $4M Penalty Justice was finally downloaded Thursday on Sanford Wallace, a notorious spammer of the 1990s who moved on to illegal spyware operations that installed adware, spyware and other unsolicited software programs on users' computers.   |
InternetNews
October 5, 2005
Roy Mark |
FTC Targets Spyware Operation Lawsuit claims Odysseus Marketing includes secret spyware and adware with its P2P downloads. |
InternetNews
October 8, 2004
Roy Mark |
FTC Pursues Former Spam King in Court The Federal Trade Commission filed its first spyware case Thursday against the man once known as the undisputed king of spam and the various companies he controls. |
InternetNews
January 4, 2005
Roy Mark |
FTC Wins Round Against 'Spyware' King Deal with trade commission prevents Sanford Wallace from distributing or publishing spyware code until federal case is settled. |
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
January 5, 2006
Roy Mark |
Bogus Spyware Vendors Settle FTC Charges The Federal Trade Commission slaps almost $2 million in fines on firms selling software that did not remove spyware as advertised. |
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. |
InternetNews
September 6, 2006
Roy Mark |
Spyware Operation Fined $2M A spyware operation that promised protection from viruses and spam but instead installed malware agreed today to pay a $2 million fine to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges of false and deceptive practices. |
InternetNews
November 11, 2005
Roy Mark |
L.A. Court Shuts Down Spyware Op The Federal Trade Commission seeks a permanent injunction and victim restitution for Los Angeles-based spyware scheme. |
InternetNews
November 21, 2006
Roy Mark |
Group Raises Zango's FTC Commitment Issues A new complaint filed with the FTC claims Zango issued a misleading statement. |
InternetNews
November 6, 2006
Roy Mark |
FTC Mulling Next-Gen Tech, Policy Three days of hearings open to consider future Internet regulatory challenges. |
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
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. |
InternetNews
January 26, 2005
Roy Mark |
House Renews New Anti-Spyware Push The 109th Congress renewed its efforts to pass a federal anti-spyware bill by targeting the malware menace in the very first meeting of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. |
PC World
March 2002
Scott Spanbauer |
Get That Spyware Off My Computer! Prevent spyware from installing on your PC, remove spyware already installed, and switch browsers at will... |
InternetNews
March 9, 2007
Roy Mark |
Internet Pretexter Dials Up FTC Settlement Deal bars Information Search from pretexting and selling consumers' personal phone records. |
InternetNews
August 10, 2004
Roy Mark |
FTC Settles with Pop-up Ad Operators Scheme involved exploiting Windows Messenger Service to barrage consumers with ads. |
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. |
InternetNews
May 27, 2004
Roy Mark |
Yahoo! Beta Testing Anti-Spyware Tool New toolbar plug-in aims to give consumers 'transparency' about what programs are actually on a user's computer. |
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. |
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
November 13, 2006
Roy Mark |
Court Shutters Spyware Operation FTC claims millions of unwanted and unsolicited software downloaded without user permission. |
InternetNews
December 12, 2006
Roy Mark |
Feds Target Online Business Scams A combined federal-state task force announced Tuesday a law enforcement sweep targeting bogus business opportunities and work-at-home scams, including several Internet operations. |
InternetNews
May 12, 2005
Roy Mark |
New Bill Targets Spyware Profits U.S. Senator George Allen says the federal government already has authority to prosecute spyware purveyors. |
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. |
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. |
InternetNews
April 30, 2004
Roy Mark |
Lawmakers Vow Tough Spyware Laws Commerce chairman says consumers are 'outraged' and promises legislative action by end of year. |
InternetNews
December 6, 2006
Roy Mark |
Groups Target Another Spyware Operator FastMP3Search.com.ar is the latest alleged spyware operator to get caught in the crosshairs of consumer and advocacy groups. |
PC Magazine
March 2, 2004
Janet Rubenking |
Identity Theft: What, Me Worry? There are ways to minimize the risk of ID theft. If you have time to balance your checkbook, shop online, or apply for a passport, you have time to check up on your personal information and take action if something's amiss. |
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. |
InternetNews
June 7, 2007
Roy Mark |
House Approves Second Anti-Spyware Bill The U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday endorsed its second anti-spyware bill in less than a month. Both bills target unauthorized downloads but take significantly different approaches. |
InternetNews
August 4, 2005
Roy Mark |
Settlement in the Air at Time Warner The media giant set aside $3 billion to settle class action suits with shareholders upset about the merger with AOL. Hours later, the FTC announced that a subsidiary of AOL settled charges for not disclosing the true nature of bundled adware. |
InternetNews
April 1, 2005
Roy Mark |
Diet Patch Spammers Settle With FTC Court rejects their claim that only affiliate marketers should be held responsible. |
PC World
November 2005
Mary Landesman |
Best Defenders No, you don't need to put up with PC-clogging, privacy-invading spyware. New and potent tools for killing it dead. Spy Sweeper 4.0... Platinum Internet Security 2005... McAfee AntiSpyware 2006... CounterSpy 1.029... Interview with Gregor Freund on the future of spyware... |
InternetNews
August 15, 2006
Clint Boulton |
FTC, AG Sue to Stuff Alleged Pop-up Scheme The Federal Trade Commission and the Washington state Attorney General have sued to halt an operation that barrages consumers with pop-up advertising and demands money to make the pop-ups cease. |
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
August 16, 2005
Roy Mark |
Site Settles Deceptive Credit Report Claims FTC imposes a $950,000 fine and requires consumer restitution from Consumerinfo.com, which misled consumers with promises of a free credit report. |
InternetNews
June 24, 2004
Roy Mark |
Anti-Spyware Bill Clears Committee Hurdle Bill sponsors amend anti-spyware measure to cure Internet 'cancer.' |
T.H.E. Journal
August 2004
Kelly Martin |
Unmasking Spyware Today's Internet threats often arrive so quietly that they're undetectable, allowing he malicious code more time to identify and extract additional sensitive information, including passwords, decryption keys and keystrokes. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
February 7, 2005
Stephen H. Wildstrom |
Fighting Spyware: Microsoft To The Rescue? Independent players that have made Windows more secure could suffer |
PC World
July 2004
Tom Spring |
Striking Back at Spyware States, feds consider regulating intrusive software. |
PC World
April 2005
Mary Landesman |
Spyware Stoppers Renegade programs can slip onto your system in an instant -- and they can be maddeningly difficult to banish. Our tests reveal the most powerful tools for fighting back. |
InternetNews
June 23, 2005
Roy Mark |
P2Ps Still Dominate Downloads While productive uses of P2P are possible, illegal music and movie and music downloads are still the most common uses of P2P applications. |
InternetNews
September 14, 2006
Roy Mark |
'Lonely Housewives' Reach FTC Settlement A spam scam promising dates with lonely, if not quite desperate, housewives is among the latest unsolicited bulk e-mail schemes halted today by the Federal Trade Commission. |
InternetNews
March 10, 2005
Tim Gray |
Merchants Unwittingly Disclose Consumer Data CartManager International, a provider of shopping cart software, collected the personal data of nearly one million people and turned around and rented the data without their consent to marketers. The company reached a settlement with the FTC. |
InternetNews
October 21, 2005
Roy Mark |
P2P Outfit in False Ad Pinch The Federal Trade Commission won a temporary court order earlier this week to rein in the advertising practices of an Internet operation claiming "file-sharing is 100 percent legal." |
InternetNews
November 5, 2004
Roy Mark |
FTC to Congress: Lose the Anti-Spyware Plans The Federal Trade Commission again warned Congress today that anti-spyware legislation is unnecessary with the existence of adequate fraud laws to contend with spyware perpetrators. |
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
June 17, 2004
Roy Mark |
House Panel OKs Anti-Spyware Bill Legislation wants harsh penalties to combat use of tracking software. |
