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PC World June 2006	In Brief Wireless products based on the 802.11n draft standard debut... Lawsuit against online ad firm for installing spyware...
InternetNews September 6, 2006 Roy Mark	Spyware Operation Fined $2M A spyware operation that promised protection from viruses and spam but instead installed malware agreed today to pay a $2 million fine to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges of false and deceptive practices.
InternetNews January 30, 2007 Ed Sutherland	Travel Companies, Cingular Settle Adware Case Three online advertisers have to pony up $100,000 and promise to stop using controversial adware as part of a settlement with New York State's Attorney General.
InternetNews January 25, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	Microsoft Takes Legal Aim Against Spyware Microsoft is taking legal action against one such company alleging that Secure Computer LLC, used deceptive pop-up ads to warn users that their computers were at risk and could contain spyware.
InternetNews December 16, 2004 Roy Mark	Microsoft Takes Giant Step Against Spyware Redmond acquires anti-spyware software maker and plans free beta version within a month.
BusinessWeek July 17, 2006 Ben Elgin	A Software Hall of Mirrors Dubious practices inflate the number of customers that spyware companies are generating for advertisers.
InternetNews March 23, 2006 David Miller	N.Y. AG Takes on Privacy Fight With Gratis New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has filed suit against Web site operator Gratis Internet over personal information.
PC World December 2004 Andrew Brandt	Poor Defenders Some anti-spyware companies use confusing ads, and our tests show their $20-$60 products are less effective than free competitors.
BusinessWeek July 17, 2006 Ben Elgin	The Plot To Hijack Your Computer Direct Revenue's swift rise illustrates the intertwining of spyware and mainstream online marketing.
Registered Rep. June 18, 2003 David A. Gaffen	Judge Skeptical of Investors Suing Merrill Attorneys at Merrill Lynch asked a federal judge in New York to throw out a suit representing thousands who lost money in the Internet bubble, and the firm's pleas appear to be finding a receptive ear.
InternetNews June 24, 2004 Roy Mark	Anti-Spyware Bill Clears Committee Hurdle Bill sponsors amend anti-spyware measure to cure Internet 'cancer.'
BusinessWeek January 12, 2004	A White Knight For Mutual-Fund Investors No mutual-fund executive wants to get a phone call from Eliot Spitzer these days.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2006 Halah Touryalai	Out with a Bang Eliot Spitzer may have less than a month left as New York State's attorney general, but the governor elect says there two new Wall Street cases he's taking on before year's end.
InternetNews January 26, 2005 Roy Mark	House Renews New Anti-Spyware Push The 109th Congress renewed its efforts to pass a federal anti-spyware bill by targeting the malware menace in the very first meeting of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Registered Rep. September 25, 2002 Rick Weinberg	NY Attorney General: I Could Have Nailed Merrill on More Serious Charges Eliot Spitzer said he could have pursued criminal charges against Merrill Lynch for its conflicts of interest in its research, but that he didn't want to "destroy" the firm or Wall Street.
BusinessWeek April 24, 2006 Grow & Helm	Your Ad Here. And Here. And Here How a web of middlemen is hijacking the placement of online ads - and cashing in.
InternetNews December 5, 2006 Andy Patrizio	Washington Settles First Spyware Suit The Attorney General's office for the state of Washgington has its first notch under a new law designed to punish spyware makers and, in this case, make them pay.
BusinessWeek July 17, 2006 Brian Grow	You Can't Keep A Bad Scheme Down The spyware scourge is only getting worse.
InternetNews May 4, 2006 Roy Mark	Spyware Hustler Hit With $4M Penalty Justice was finally downloaded Thursday on Sanford Wallace, a notorious spammer of the 1990s who moved on to illegal spyware operations that installed adware, spyware and other unsolicited software programs on users' computers.
BusinessWeek October 4, 2004 Toddi Gutner	What's Lurking in Your PC? Because it's so new and still evolving, many computer users don't understand spyware. Here's a quick tutorial to bring you up to date on this insidious problem.
BusinessWeek July 17, 2006 Ben Elgin	The Case Against Direct Revenue Patrick Jordan made it his business to learn whether "adware-free" software really is pop-up-free, paving the way for law enforcers.
InternetNews November 18, 2005 Roy Mark	A Senate Shot at Anti-Spyware Anti-spyware legislation found new life in the U.S. Senate Thursday when the Commerce Committee approved the SPY BLOCK Act, which outlaws a number of activities associated with unauthorized downloads.
BusinessWeek November 29, 2004 Suzanne Woolley	Insurance: Take A Good, Hard Look Here's how the Spitzer investigations of the industry could affect you and how to handle insurance-related issues.
InternetNews April 5, 2006 Roy Mark	Senate Proposal Toughens Net Neutrality CompTIA backs House 'non net neutrality' bill... Lucent-Alcatel deals draws Washington yawns... Spitzer continues online antifraud campaign... etc.
InternetNews January 5, 2006 Roy Mark	Bogus Spyware Vendors Settle FTC Charges The Federal Trade Commission slaps almost $2 million in fines on firms selling software that did not remove spyware as advertised.
InternetNews July 18, 2005 Roy Mark	News Corp. Acquires Intermix Media News Corp. said the acquisition of Intermix Media will nearly double its Web traffic to more than 45 million unique monthly visitors.
InternetNews November 11, 2005 Roy Mark	L.A. Court Shuts Down Spyware Op The Federal Trade Commission seeks a permanent injunction and victim restitution for Los Angeles-based spyware scheme.
Fast Company November 2004 Alan Deutschman	The Ad Agency on Your Hard Drive How Web software called "adware" is taking advertising to a new, effective, and extremely annoying level.
The Motley Fool June 3, 2004 Brian Gorman	Spitzer Chases Glaxo Did the drug company GlaxoSmithKline withhold information about the effects of Paxil in children? No doubt the bad publicity will continue to hit the stock.
The Motley Fool September 16, 2004 Rich Smith	Jos. A. Bank's (Law) Suit New York's attorney general orders the company to change its advertising strategy. Does this mean anything to investors?
InternetNews March 15, 2007 Roy Mark	A Charming Third Time For Anti-Spyware Bill? House panel backs Spy Act again despite two rejections from Senate. H.R. 964 would require an opt-in, notice and consent regime for adware or spyware that collects personally identifiable information from consumers.
InternetNews January 6, 2005 Tim Gray	Microsoft Launches Anti-Spyware Beta Test uses software from recently-acquired Giant Software.
InternetNews May 12, 2005 Roy Mark	New Bill Targets Spyware Profits U.S. Senator George Allen says the federal government already has authority to prosecute spyware purveyors.
PC World July 2004 Tom Spring	Striking Back at Spyware States, feds consider regulating intrusive software.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2006 Kevin Burke	Spitzer Hints Scandal Is Winding Down While Spitzer remains tight-lipped on the status of the industrywide trading investigation he launched in September 2003, he hinted that it is perhaps nearing the finish line.
InternetNews May 27, 2004 Roy Mark	Yahoo! Beta Testing Anti-Spyware Tool New toolbar plug-in aims to give consumers 'transparency' about what programs are actually on a user's computer.
T.H.E. Journal April 2005 Jackson Ratcliffe	Dominican U. Secures Network to Protect Students and Faculty Dominican University of California takes steps to combat worms, viruses and spyware.
InternetNews June 17, 2004 Roy Mark	House Panel OKs Anti-Spyware Bill Legislation wants harsh penalties to combat use of tracking software.
Registered Rep. September 9, 2005 Stan Luxenberg	Imagine 50 Eliot Spitzers When are mutual fund companies charging too much in advisory fees? What constitutes proper disclosure of revenue sharing? And which governmental authority has jurisdiction over these issues?
Registered Rep. December 22, 2006 Halah Touryalai	Spitzer Wants More Settlement Dollars for New York UBS Reps New York Attorney General and Governor-elect Eliot Spitzer is asking a Northern California court to disapprove the settlement terms of an overtime suit against UBS.
InternetNews October 6, 2004 Roy Mark	House Passes Anti-Spyware Bill The U.S. House of Representatives voted 399-1 Tuesday night to pass legislation prohibiting unfair or deceptive practices related to spyware.
InternetNews April 30, 2004 Roy Mark	Lawmakers Vow Tough Spyware Laws Commerce chairman says consumers are 'outraged' and promises legislative action by end of year.
Inc. June 2004 Cara Cannella	Senate Moves to Ban Sneaky Spyware Newly proposed legislation known as the Spyblock Act is designed to prohibit companies from covertly installing spyware software on your network.
BusinessWeek July 17, 2006 Ben Elgin	Curing Your Computer of Spyware What's the Rx? Check out these free and reliable programs that can rid your PC of a stealth infestation.
InternetNews October 1, 2004 Erin Joyce	A Hobbled Anti-Spyware Law California has its first anti-spyware bill, but it doesn't do enough to terminate the growing use of spyware that logs your moves online. And don't expect to see much stronger legislation in Congress.
InternetNews April 21, 2005 Roy Mark	States Take Spyware Action Into Their Own Hands Washington will soon join Utah and California in passing laws targeting spyware and phishing.
BusinessWeek December 26, 2005 Ronald Grover	Move Over, MySpace Brad Greenspan, who created the wildly popular social networking site MySpace, is backing what he bets will be the Next Big Thing: a social network site called Vidilife that is using online videos to lure Net surfers.
InternetNews August 23, 2005 Tim Gray	Most Spyware Born in The USA Spyware purveyors are developing and deploying new tactics to deliver infectious malware to corporate PC's faster than IT executives can enlist solutions to block them.