New York attorney general Eliot Spitzer has filed suit in the New York Supreme Court against Direct Revenue, an Internet pop-up advertising company, for surreptitiously installing spyware on unsuspecting users’ computers via free games or software. Adware accompanying the free downloads tracked Web activity and delivered pop-up ads, according to the filing. Spitzer also sued the Los Angeles-based firm Intermix Media for similar activity. The case was eventually settled with the firm agreeing to pay US$7.5 million in penalties over a three-year span.
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Spitzer Sharpens Focus on Spyware
Posted by: Erika Morphy April 5, 2006 02:31 PMNew York attorney general Eliot Spitzer has filed suit in the New York Supreme Court against Direct Revenue, an Internet pop-up advertising company, for surreptitiously installing spyware on unsuspecting users’ computers via free games or software. Adware accompanying the free downloads tracked Web activity and delivered pop-up ads, according to the filing. Spitzer also sued the Los Angeles-based firm Intermix Media for similar activity. The case was eventually settled with the firm agreeing to pay US$7.5 million in penalties over a three-year span.