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  • House Passes another Spyware Bill

    The House passed a cyber-security bill that would allow for civil penalties of up to $3,000,000. H.R. 964: Securely Protect Yourself Against Cyber Trespass Act or Spy Act. The bill, introduced by Rep. Adolphus Towns (D-New York), to protect users of the Internet from unknowing transmission of their personally...
    Posted to bits and bytes by tashi on Thu, Jun 7 2007
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  • Zango article at the Washington CEO

    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.,...
    Posted to bits and bytes by tashi on Fri, Jun 1 2007
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  • Zango’s lawsuit against PC Tools, update

    PC Tools spokeswoman Magida Ezzat: "We believe the proceedings are an attempt by Zango to influence our reclassification process. Prior to the lawsuit we were well into an in-depth review and reclassification of the latest versions of Zango products; Seekmo Search Assistant, Zango Search Assistant...
    Posted to bits and bytes by tashi on Sat, May 19 2007
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  • CDT and StopBadware file complaint with FTC against rogue site

    Virus Bulletin reports : "The Argentina-based, English-language site FastMP3Search.com.ar promotes itself as a rapid MP3 search service and requires the installation of a 'plugin' to enable searching of its content. According to StopBadware research, users that have been tricked into installing...
    Posted to bits and bytes by tashi on Sun, Dec 10 2006
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  • FTC fines Zango 3 million

    The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) fined adware distributer 'Zango' (formerly 180Solutions) three million dollars for deceptive installs of Zango's pop-up software on users computers and trying to prevent those users from uninstalling it; a violation of federal law. FTC File No. 052 3130...
    Posted to bits and bytes by tashi on Sat, Nov 4 2006
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