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Court orders "scareware" authors to stop
"The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland has ordered Innovative
Marketing and ByteHosting Internet Services to stop promoting so-called "scareware" through online advertisements. The companies used online ads to scare consumers into buying products such as WinFixer, WinAntivirus, DriveCleaner, ErrorSafe and XP Antivirus, by falsely claiming that scans of consumers' computers had detected viruses, spyware and illegal pornography, the FTC said in a press release." http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/2...singoperations |
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Court orders "scareware" authors to stop
From: "HeyBub"
| "The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland has ordered Innovative | Marketing and ByteHosting Internet Services to stop promoting so-called | "scareware" through online advertisements. The companies used online ads to | scare consumers into buying products such as WinFixer, WinAntivirus, | DriveCleaner, ErrorSafe and XP Antivirus, by falsely claiming that scans of | consumers' computers had detected viruses, spyware and illegal pornography, | the FTC said in a press release." http://ftc.gov/opa/2008/12/winsoftware.shtm "On December 2, 2008 the FTC requested and received a temporary restraining order from the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Under its terms, the defendants are barred from falsely representing that they have run any type of computer analysis, or that they have detected security or privacy problems on a consumer’s computer. They also are barred from using domain names obtained with false or incomplete information, placing advertisements purportedly on behalf of a third party without that party’s consent, or otherwise attempting to conceal their own identities. The order also mandates that companies hosting the defendants’ Web sites and providing domain-registration services take the necessary steps to keep consumers from accessing these Web sites." -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |
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Court orders "scareware" authors to stop
On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:28:37 -0600, "HeyBub" wrote:
"The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland has ordered Innovative [drivel snipped] I won't even ask this time. You ARE a fool. |
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Court orders "scareware" authors to stop
From: "Sonny Wortzik"
| On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:28:37 -0600, "HeyBub" wrote: "The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland has ordered Innovative | [drivel snipped] | I won't even ask this time. You ARE a fool. There is NO drivel in this. This is about the WinFixer group. Conartists that have bilked money from unsuspecting computer users. Get a clue ! -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |
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Court orders "scareware" authors to stop
On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:46:59 -0500, "David H. Lipman"
wrote: From: "Sonny Wortzik" | On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:28:37 -0600, "HeyBub" wrote: "The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland has ordered Innovative | [drivel snipped] | I won't even ask this time. You ARE a fool. There is NO drivel in this. This is about the WinFixer group. Conartists that have bilked money from unsuspecting computer users. Get a clue ! Not that it will make on damn bit of difference. Bulk emailing of spam has been illegal for years but that has not stopped it in the slightest. |
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Court orders "scareware" authors to stop
IceMan wrote:
On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:46:59 -0500, "David H. Lipman" wrote: From: "Sonny Wortzik" On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:28:37 -0600, "HeyBub" wrote: "The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland has ordered Innovative [drivel snipped] I won't even ask this time. You ARE a fool. There is NO drivel in this. This is about the WinFixer group. Conartists that have bilked money from unsuspecting computer users. Get a clue ! Not that it will make on damn bit of difference. Bulk emailing of spam has been illegal for years but that has not stopped it in the slightest. Right. But the original post had nothing to to with spam. |
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Court orders "scareware" authors to stop
On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:18:24 -0600, IceMan wrote:
On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:46:59 -0500, "David H. Lipman" wrote: From: "Sonny Wortzik" | On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:28:37 -0600, "HeyBub" wrote: "The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland has ordered Innovative | [drivel snipped] | I won't even ask this time. You ARE a fool. There is NO drivel in this. This is about the WinFixer group. Conartists that have bilked money from unsuspecting computer users. Get a clue ! Not that it will make on damn bit of difference. Bulk emailing of spam has been illegal for years but that has not stopped it in the slightest. The point remains valid. Spam, scareware, whatever - no litigation will ever stop it. |
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