Suit Levels Spyware, Typosquatting Allegations at Yahoo!

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

Brian Krebs:

[snip]

A class-action lawsuit filed Monday against Yahoo! Inc. and group of unnamed third-parties accuses the company of 
engaging in "syndication fraud" against advertisers who pay Yahoo to display their ads on search results and on the Web 
pages of partner Web sites.

The suit claims that Yahoo displayed these advertisers' online ads via spyware and adware products and on so-called 
"typosquatter" Web sites that capitalize on misspellings of popular trademarks or company names.

Potentially more explosive is the plaintiff's claim that Yahoo regularly uses its relationship with adware and 
typosquatting sites to gin up extra revenue around earnings time, alleging that the company is conspiring to boost 
revenue by partnering with some of the Internet's seamier characters.

[snip]

More:
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2006/05/class_action_targets_yahoo_ove_1.html

- 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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