Washington State Settles Spyware Suit With Oregon Man

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

Via Yahoo! News (AP).

[snip]

An Oregon man will pay nearly $84,000 in fines and consumer restitution for using e-mail to market bogus anti-spyware 
software called Spyware Cleaner, Washington state officials said in announcing a settlement.

State Attorney General Rob McKenna said the penalties are the first under an anti-spyware law the Legislature passed 
last year.

The settlement with Zhijian Chen of Portland, Ore., follows a five-month investigation by the attorney general's 
consumer protection high-tech unit.

Officials say Chen made thousands of dollars in commissions by sending e-mail meant to mislead people into believing 
their computers were infected by a virus and that Spyware Cleaner sold by Secure Computer was the fix.

[snip]

More:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060419/ap_on_hi_te/spam_lawsuit

Horse's mouth:
http://www.atg.wa.gov/releases/2006/rel_First_Spyware_Case_041806.html

- ferg


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 fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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