An outfit that has exploited a networking feature in Microsoft Windows to send pop-up ads to consumers’ computers as frequently as one every 10 minutes has been slapped with a temporary restraining order to halt the practice, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced at a press conference in Washington, D.C. The order also bars the spammers from selling or licensing software for exploiting the feature to others. According to the FTC, the defendants’ Web site boasts that the software allows buyers to send pop-ups to 135,000 Internet addresses per hour.
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Feds Obtain Restraining Order Against Super Spammers
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. November 6, 2003 01:40 PMAn outfit that has exploited a networking feature in Microsoft Windows to send pop-up ads to consumers’ computers as frequently as one every 10 minutes has been slapped with a temporary restraining order to halt the practice, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced at a press conference in Washington, D.C. The order also bars the spammers from selling or licensing software for exploiting the feature to others. According to the FTC, the defendants’ Web site boasts that the software allows buyers to send pop-ups to 135,000 Internet addresses per hour.