chiawaikian
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 Posted: 04/06/06 - 10:58 Post subject: Spitzer blitzes adware |
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| Quote: | New York state's pugilistic Attorney General has spyware in his sights. Eliot Spitzer has sued Direct Revenue for deceptive advertising, computer tampering and trespass.
The suit claims the company installed malware on PCs without users' explicit consent, typically after luring them with the offer of a browser enhancement or other utility, such as "Faster XP". The software then tracks their web usage and bombards them with pop-up advertisements.
Four Direct Revenue executives are named in the suit, which seeks $2,000 compensation per claimant. The suit claims 150m spyware applications have been installed since late 2002. |
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/05/spitzer_blitzes_spyware/ |
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