Keith Smith, co-founder and chief executive officer of Zango Inc., an online advertising and media company.

http://www.washingtonceo.com/index.php?id=90&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=783&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=146&cHash=a729775d91

"Every company runs into obstacles. My company, Zango Inc., has encountered more than most."

"Then we encountered an obstacle that threatened our existence. The third-party software distribution network we had established had to be dismantled. Some of these partners, despite contractual agreements, were defrauding us and, more importantly, harming consumers’ computers. Zango became the subject of a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigation. We had long since ceased our partnerships and, in some situations, had filed legal actions against these no-gooders, but we nonetheless worked cooperatively with the FTC, outlining steps to provide additional protection to consumers. In the end, we reached a settlement that stipulated a list of rules by which we must abide, almost all of which we had already implemented as part of our distribution and technology transition."

Spyware Still Cheating Merchants and Legitimate Affiliates

Ben Edelman. May 21, 2007 - Updated, May 22, 2007

http://www.benedelman.org/news/052107-1.html