FTC swoops on spyware bloke
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SPYWARE COMPANY executive Sanford Wallace and his two companies, Seismic Entertainment Productions and SmartBot.Net will be the first to have the dubious honour of being charged by the FTC.
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Blog: A new Senate bill is likely to vex Internet companies and advertisers, who have been warning for years that supposedly "anti-spyware" proposals could impose problematic regulations on legitimate businesses.
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Beware of any e-mail claiming to come from "frauddep@ftc.gov"--it carries a nasty payload.
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p2pnet.net News:- The US Federal Trade Commission has filed its first spyware case against former self-styled Spam King Sanford Wallace, says the Center for Democracy and Technology, which made the original complaint last February.
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The FTC has taken legal action in an effort to shut down Seismic Entertainment Productions and SmartBot.Net -- two companies that have become notorious as distributors of spyware.
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Malicious hackers tout a site with an strip show download to entice victims to download malware.
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Program isn't entirely benevolent: it also downloads files to infected PCs.
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Fake patches, rogue invoices make the rounds as spammers continue trying to fool people into installing Trojans on their PCs.
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A screensaver targeting spam-related websites appears to have been too successful.
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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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The FTC has won a settlement against a spyware operation responsible for installing malware on users' computers that tracked Internet activity, changed home-page settings and inserted a large frame onto browser windows that displayed ads.
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Spyware, those annoying programs that snoop on a user's actions, remain a Windows-only phenomenon.
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has asked a federal court to require an alleged Web page hijacking operation to obey previous orders barring unfair and deceptive practices.
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Spyware has come under target of the Federal Trade Commission with a new complaint filed in federal court which is requesting that two Internet based advertising and software firms be closed.
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Weâve all been hearing a lotÂ  lately about spyware, those nasty little apps that secret themselves onto your computer, hog resources, change your default settings, and maybe even steal personal information and send it to third parties. Despite all the talk, spyware still isnât getting the attention it deserves in the enterprise.
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TechWeb - A noted spyware researcher claims the retailer is installing online tracking software from ComScore without adequate consent and exposing its customers' purchase histories.
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Ziff Davis - Is spyware slowing down your surfing?