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InternetNews
November 21, 2006
Roy Mark
Group Raises Zango's FTC Commitment Issues A new complaint filed with the FTC claims Zango issued a misleading statement. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
November 3, 2006
Roy Mark
Zango Settles FTC Adware Charges The controversial adware distributor agrees to pay $3 million and provide consumer consent notices. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
January 24, 2006
Roy Mark
180solutions Spyware Practice Far From Perfect The Center for Democracy & Technology Monday accused 180solutions, one of the world's largest developers of Internet advertising software, of "deliberately and repeatedly" engaging in illegal and deceptive spyware practices. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
February 16, 2007
Roy Mark
DirectRevenue to Pay Back 'Spyware' Gains Adware distributor DirectRevenue today settled Federal Trade Commission charges of unfair and deceptive trade practices of installing unwanted and unsolicited spyware unto consumers' computers. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
January 25, 2006
Susan Kuchinskas
Ganging Up on Badware Harvard and Oxford team with Google, Lenovo and Sun for an online neighborhood watch. It will write standards and testing procedures to define what badware is, a topic of much contention with online advertisers. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
November 6, 2006
Roy Mark
FTC Mulling Next-Gen Tech, Policy Three days of hearings open to consider future Internet regulatory challenges. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
May 26, 2006
Beware of 'Badware' Academic organizations' watchlist spotlights four examples of malicious software. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
March 20, 2006
Roy Mark
Big Ads Add to Adware, Spyware Major Internet advertisers are financing - sometimes unwittingly - the spread of potentially harmful adware and spyware, according to a new Center for Democracy and Technology finger pointing report. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
March 4, 2009
Alex Goldman
FTC Warns of Stimulus Scams Online Fraudsters take to the Web, enticing victims with a share of the U.S.'s massive stimulus package. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
October 8, 2004
Roy Mark
FTC Pursues Former Spam King in Court The Federal Trade Commission filed its first spyware case Thursday against the man once known as the undisputed king of spam and the various companies he controls. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
February 19, 2004
Roy Mark
FTC Fines COPPA Violators Web site operator agrees to pay $400,000 for knowingly collecting personal information from children online without first obtaining parental consent. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
November 22, 2006
Roy Mark
Spyware Operators Settles With FTC Two notorious spyware operators settled charges Tuesday with the Federal Trade Commission. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
May 14, 2004
Roy Mark
Spyware Solutions Not So Simple Proposed bills may create more problems than they solve according to VeriSign and other industry leaders. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
October 5, 2005
Roy Mark
FTC Targets Spyware Operation Lawsuit claims Odysseus Marketing includes secret spyware and adware with its P2P downloads. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
January 4, 2005
Roy Mark
FTC Wins Round Against 'Spyware' King Deal with trade commission prevents Sanford Wallace from distributing or publishing spyware code until federal case is settled. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
June 5, 2009
Kenneth Corbin
FTC Shutters 'Rogue' ISP, Settles Spyware Case The Federal Trade Commission has put the kibosh on an ISP it says was a front for overseas criminals, and settled its complaint against Sears' use of tracking software. mark for My Articles similar articles
PC World
July 26, 2001
Sam Costello
Windows XP Is Nosy, Privacy Groups Complain Advocacy groups urge FTC to force Microsoft to change Windows XP, possibly delaying launch... mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
August 4, 2005
Roy Mark
Settlement in the Air at Time Warner The media giant set aside $3 billion to settle class action suits with shareholders upset about the merger with AOL. Hours later, the FTC announced that a subsidiary of AOL settled charges for not disclosing the true nature of bundled adware. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
November 13, 2006
Roy Mark
Court Shutters Spyware Operation FTC claims millions of unwanted and unsolicited software downloaded without user permission. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
August 16, 2005
Roy Mark
Site Settles Deceptive Credit Report Claims FTC imposes a $950,000 fine and requires consumer restitution from Consumerinfo.com, which misled consumers with promises of a free credit report. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
May 11, 2005
Roy Mark
Adware Called Too Cozy With Spyware The Center for Democracy and Technology says complex relationships allow responsible parties to dodge liability even if Congress passes an anti-spyware bill. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
February 21, 2007
Roy Mark
FTC Tags Site Again for Deceptive Ads Consumerinfo.com pays $300,000 to settle charges for deceptive advertising practices. This follows a $950,000 fine a year ago. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
April 4, 2006
David Miller
Spitzer Files Spyware Suit New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer is suing an Internet advertising firm he claims surreptitiously installed millions of pop-up ad producing programs on individuals' computers. mark for My Articles similar articles
PC World
November 2005
Tynan & Spring
The Hidden Money Trail Those programs that pelt you with ads and bog down your PC are financed by some of America's largest companies. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
January 31, 2006
Ed Sutherland
Security Vendors Team Against Spyware McAfee, Symantec, Trend Micro, ICSA Labs and Thomson Cyber Security Labs plan to create a standard method for evaluating spyware products. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
January 4, 2008
Kenneth Corbin
Facebook's 'Secret Crush' is a Malware App Now operating under a new name, the first documented adware widget continues to ricochet across Facebook. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
September 14, 2006
Roy Mark
'Lonely Housewives' Reach FTC Settlement A spam scam promising dates with lonely, if not quite desperate, housewives is among the latest unsolicited bulk e-mail schemes halted today by the Federal Trade Commission. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
April 20, 2007
Roy Mark
Google-DoubleClick Raise Red Privacy Flags Online privacy groups filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission today seeking to block Google's $3.1 billion bid for online advertising firm DoubleClick unless the world's largest search engine agrees to greater consumer privacy protections. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
April 19, 2004
Roy Mark
FTC Urges Industry Solutions to Spyware Officials say better tools and intense consumer education are key to protecting users from invasive programs. mark for My Articles similar articles
Information Today
July 8, 2002
Richard W. Wiggins
FTC Warns Search Engine Companies Responding to a 2001 accusation by a consumer watchdog group that search engine companies engaged in deceptive advertising by failing to clearly label favorable links on hit lists, the Federal Trade Commission sent a letter to seven companies suggesting that they alter their behavior. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
March 24, 2006
Roy Mark
FTC Slaps Spammer With Record Fine The Federal Trade Commission Thursday hit Internet marketer Jumpstart Technologies with a $900,000 civil fine for violating the CAN-SPAM Act, the largest penalty to date for a violation of the two-year-old law. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
January 8, 2008
Kenneth Corbin
Zango Pleads 'Not Guilty' in Facebook Adware Flap Online media firm Zango is firing back after a highly publicized security warning charged it with illicitly spreading adware through a rapidly spreading Facebook widget. mark for My Articles similar articles
Search Engine Watch
July 17, 2001
Danny Sullivan
Consumer Group Asks FTC To Investigate Search Ads Is it deceptive advertising to include paid listings in your search results and not clearly label them as ads? A group backed by consumer advocate Ralph Nader believes so, and it's asking the US Federal Trade Commission to take action against seven major search companies... mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
April 3, 2007
Roy Mark
FTC Approves Final Guidance Settlement Guidance Software's settlement with the Federal Trade Commission became official today, almost five months after the Pasadena, Calif.-based computer forensics specialist admitted it did not adequately protect customer data. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
June 24, 2004
Roy Mark
Anti-Spyware Bill Clears Committee Hurdle Bill sponsors amend anti-spyware measure to cure Internet 'cancer.' mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
June 28, 2004
Ben Edelman, Adware Scourge This 24-year-old law student-expert witness says he's "100% convinced that spyware is a fair label" for advertising software. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
May 5, 2009
Kenneth Corbin
Stolen Fighter Plane Plans Still on P2P Network Industry, advocacy groups warn of continuing vulnerabilities as House subcommittee considers pair of information-security bills. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
November 16, 2006
Roy Mark
Guidance Software Settles With FTC Guidance Software agreed Thursday to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the computer forensics specialist did not take reasonable security measures to protect sensitive customer data. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
January 12, 2005
Roy Mark
Feds Hit Porn E-Mail Ring With Can Spam Law Armed with new rules to supplement the Can Spam Act, the Federal Trade Commission has won a court order to temporarily halt a pornography-related spam ring that stretches from Las Vegas to Latvia. mark for My Articles similar articles