US takes first steps to shut down spyware peddler
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The Federal Trade Commission has taken the first step to crack down on the wave of spyware that is being installed on user&#39;s machines without their knowledge.
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California's pioneering law aimed at cracking down on spyware -- signed this week to curb the software that hides on computers and secretly follows users around the Web -- is only a partial step toward protecting consumers, critics said on Friday.
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Federal authorities have asked a US District Court judge to shut down an operation that they said installed intrusive spyware on people&#39;s computers and then sold the victims anti-spyware software
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Spyware, an amorphous class of software that mostly gets onto computers without their usersâ knowledge, has become epidemic in the past year as people spend more time online and spyware developers get more aggressive.
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Over the past year, spyware has become an increasing problem. Every time that you visit a web site, you must run the gauntlet of a variety of pop-up adverts, any of which can be programmed to place spyware on your computer.
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THE US Federal Trade Commission has filed America&#39;s first case against software companies accused of infecting computers with intrusive spyware and then trying to sell people the solution.
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A federal judge has ordered a man known as the &quot;Spam King&quot; to disable so-called spyware programs that infiltrate people&#39;s computers, track their Internet use and flood them with pop-up advertising.
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The US Federal Trade Commission has formally announced its first assault against spyware - bits of computer code that surreptitiously install themselves on the computers of Internet users to track their activities, push them to Web sites, barrage them
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WASHINGTON - The House on Thursday passed the second bill in three days that would outlaw &quot;spyware,&quot; irritating software that quietly monitors the activities of Internet users.
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The Federal Trade Commission formally announced yesterday its first assault against spyware - bits of computer code that surreptitiously install themselves on the computers of Internet users
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Computer Associates launched its first set of anti-spyware products on Monday, retooling the applications it acquired from PestPatrol for both corporate customers and consumers.
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In ordering a New Hampshire man to stop sending spyware that takes over parts of a user&#39;s computer, a federal judge has sent a warning shot at spammers in the United States.
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Sanford Wallace and his two companies have agreed to stop distributing spyware while he fights a lawsuit from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
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The US Federal Trade Commission on Thursday asked a federal court to shut down an operation that it said disables users&#39; computers in an attempt to bully them into buying anti-spyware products.
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EDITOR&#39;S NOTE: This is the first of a two-part series on the spyware epidemic. NEW YORK - David Eckstein turned on his computer one day and launched his Web browser, just as he had every day.
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The U.S. government has sued a New Hampshire man in its first attempt to crack down on Internet "spyware" that seizes control of a user's computer without permission.
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U.S. Federal Trade Commission says that a bill stalled in Congress would give it the tools it needs to fight spyware.