Three companies shut down on spyware charges

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

According to the FTC press release:

[snip]

This case was brought with the invaluable assistance of the Microsoft Corporation, Webroot Software, Inc., and Google 
Incorporated.

[snip]

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2005/11/enternet.htm

A Reuters newswire article, via Yahoo! News, reports that:

[snip]

A U.S. court shut down three Internet companies for secretly bundling malicious "spyware" with ring tones, music 
programs and other free high-tech goodies, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday.

The malicious software tracked victims' Internet activity, hijacked their home pages and deluged them with unwanted 
"pop up" ads, the FTC said.

The assets of Enternet Media Inc. and Conspy & Co. Inc., based in California, and Iwebtunes, based in Ohio, have been 
frozen pending further court action, the FTC said. The court also ordered all three firms to halt downloads of the 
software.

[snip]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051110/wr_nm/spyware_dc

- ferg

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"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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