CDT Files Complaint with FTC in "Browser Hijacking" Case

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 17:06:15 -0500
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From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com>
Subject: CDT Files Complaint with FTC in "Browser Hijacking" Case

CDT Files Complaint with FTC in "Browser Hijacking" Case

The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) today filed a complaint
with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against Mailwiper Inc.,
Seismic Entertainment Media and/or their affiliates engaged in
deceptive and unfair marketing practices by changing computer users'
Web homepages without their consent and then trying to convince these
users that they needed the Mailwiper program called "Spy Wiper"
software to protect their computer. CDT has heard from several
consumers who have spent hours trying to fix their computer and some
who even bought Spy Wiper to no avail. CDT asked consumers to provide
information about their experiences with spyware via a Web site. CDT
received hundreds of messages about different companies. Several of
these messages were about Spy Wiper and their activities led CDT to
investigate further. February 11, 2004

CDT's Complaint with the FTC against Mailwiper and Seismic
Entertainment Media [pdf] Feb. 10, 2004:
    http://www.cdt.org/privacy/20040210cdt.pdf

CDT Report "Ghosts in Our Machines: Background and Policy Proposals
on the 'Spyware' Problem" [pdf] November 2003:
    http://www.cdt.org/privacy/031100spyware.pdf

Join CDT's Campaign Against "Spyware":
    http://www.cdt.org/action/spyware/

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