FTC puts the smackdown on spyware, pay $2 million
 

FTC puts the smackdown on spyware purveyor Enternet

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reached a settlement with a cabal of spyware distributors whose software has reportedly afflicted 18 million consumers. Enternet Media, Conspy, and a several affiliated individuals will have to pay $2 million, and are "permanently prohibited from interfering with a consumer's computer use, including but not limited to distributing software code that tracks consumers' Internet activity or collects other personal information, changes their preferred homepage or other browser settings, inserts new advertising toolbars or other frames onto their browsers, installs dialer programs, inserts advertising hyperlinks into third-party Web pages, or installs other advertising software code, file, or content on consumers' computers."


http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060910-7702.html

:)

about time...

yeah man glad they finally woke up

Word!!!

:warning

:thumbsup :thumbsup

hopefully they'll use that money for more prosecutions.

a-fuckin-men!

Well, it's a start, but being that most of these companies are out of U.S. Jurisdiction, I doubt much will happen.

All politics and other bullshit aside, it'd be nice if they added similar fines for the almighty Microsoft for the bane that is the uninstallable, spyware loving Internet Explorer.

spyware sucks, about time