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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 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.
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.
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 October 5, 2005 Roy Mark	FTC Targets Spyware Operation Lawsuit claims Odysseus Marketing includes secret spyware and adware with its P2P downloads.
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 November 13, 2006 Roy Mark	Court Shutters Spyware Operation FTC claims millions of unwanted and unsolicited software downloaded without user permission.
InternetNews November 22, 2006 Roy Mark	Spyware Operators Settles With FTC Two notorious spyware operators settled charges Tuesday with the Federal Trade Commission.
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 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 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 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 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.
InternetNews February 21, 2007 Roy Mark	FTC Tags Site Again for Deceptive Ads Consumerinfo.com pays $300,000 to settle charges for deceptive advertising practices. This follows a $950,000 fine a year ago.
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.
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.
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 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.
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 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.
InternetNews January 24, 2006 Roy Mark	180solutions Spyware Practice Far From Perfect The Center for Democracy & Technology Monday accused 180solutions, one of the world's largest developers of Internet advertising software, of "deliberately and repeatedly" engaging in illegal and deceptive spyware practices.
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 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.
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 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.
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...
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 January 11, 2006 Roy Mark	FTC Wants to Nix Netflix 'Opt-Out' Terms The Federal Trade Commission is opposing a proposed class action settlement agreement between Netflix and consumers, claiming the deal appears to unfairly favor the online movie DVD rental outfit.
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 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 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 June 5, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	FTC Shutters 'Rogue' ISP, Settles Spyware Case The Federal Trade Commission has put the kibosh on an ISP it says was a front for overseas criminals, and settled its complaint against Sears' use of tracking software.
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.
BusinessWeek June 28, 2004	Avi Naider, Adware Crusader The chief exec of WhenU says he hates spyware as much as anyone, but his product is different. Here he explains
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 August 10, 2004 Roy Mark	FTC Settles with Pop-up Ad Operators Scheme involved exploiting Windows Messenger Service to barrage consumers with 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.
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 June 24, 2004 Roy Mark	Anti-Spyware Bill Clears Committee Hurdle Bill sponsors amend anti-spyware measure to cure Internet 'cancer.'
PC Magazine February 8, 2008 Larry Seltzer	Porno Pop-ups How would you like to have sexually explicit content pop up over the Web site you're viewing?
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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?
InternetNews July 22, 2010	FTC, Intel Talks Stretched Two More Weeks The deadline for Intel and the FTC to come to a settlement is tomorrow, but since they aren't ready to settle or go to court, it seems, the two sides have extended the deadline by two weeks.
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.