FTC sues company over spyware

["Fergie (Paul Ferguson)" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via C|Net News:

[snip]

The Federal Trade Commission announced on Wednesday that it has sued a company it says secretly installed spyware and 
adware purporting to be peer-to-peer file sharing software. The company offered claims such as "Download music without 
fear," and "Don't let the record companies win," but in reality did things like rewriting search engine results and 
generating pop-up ads, the agency said.

Wednesday's announcement seems to be an effort to stave off possible enforcement-related criticism from Congress, which 
is holding a hearing on the topic later in the day. The defendant in the case is Odysseus Marketing of New Hampshire, 
whose ClientMan program is listed in Computer Associates' spyware encyclopedia.

[snip]

C|Net article:
http://news.com.com/FTC+sues+company+over+spyware/2110-7348_3-5889202.html

FTC announcement:
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2005/10/odysseus.htm

- ferg


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 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/

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