Court orders "scareware" authors to stop

[HeyBub]

"The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland has ordered Innovative
Marketing and ByteHosting Internet Services to stop promoting so-called
"scareware" through online advertisements. The companies used online ads to
scare consumers into buying products such as WinFixer, WinAntivirus,
DriveCleaner, ErrorSafe and XP Antivirus, by falsely claiming that scans of
consumers' computers had detected viruses, spyware and illegal pornography,
the FTC said in a press release."

http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/20081210/tc_pcworld/ftccourthaltscarewareadvertisingoperations

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "HeyBub" <[email protected]>

| "The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland has ordered Innovative
| Marketing and ByteHosting Internet Services to stop promoting so-called
| "scareware" through online advertisements. The companies used online ads to
| scare consumers into buying products such as WinFixer, WinAntivirus,
| DriveCleaner, ErrorSafe and XP Antivirus, by falsely claiming that scans of
| consumers' computers had detected viruses, spyware and illegal pornography,
| the FTC said in a press release."



http://ftc.gov/opa/2008/12/winsoftware.shtm

"On December 2, 2008 the FTC requested and received a temporary restraining order from the
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Under its terms, the defendants are
barred from falsely representing that they have run any type of computer analysis, or that
they have detected security or privacy problems on a consumer’s computer. They also are
barred from using domain names obtained with false or incomplete information, placing
advertisements purportedly on behalf of a third party without that party’s consent, or
otherwise attempting to conceal their own identities. The order also mandates that
companies hosting the defendants’ Web sites and providing domain-registration services
take the necessary steps to keep consumers from accessing these Web sites."

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Sonny Wortzik" <[email protected]>


| [drivel snipped]

| I won't even ask this time. You ARE a fool.

There is NO drivel in this. This is about the WinFixer group. Conartists that have
bilked money from unsuspecting computer users.

Get a clue !

 

[HeyBub]

"The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland has ordered
Innovative

[drivel snipped]

I won't even ask this time. You ARE a fool.

There is NO drivel in this. This is about the WinFixer group.
Conartists that have bilked money from unsuspecting computer users.

Get a clue !

Not that it will make on damn bit of difference. Bulk emailing of
spam has been illegal for years but that has not stopped it in the
slightest.

Right. But the original post had nothing to to with spam.