Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Court halts spyware distributor

A U.S. District Court in Nevada has <A HREF="http://news.zdnet.com/2110-1009_22-6135355.html?tag=nl.r23660">shut down an alleged spyware operation</A> run by ERG Ventures after a complaint was filed by the Federal Trade Commission, the agency said Monday. According to the FTC filing, ERG Ventures and affiliate Timothy Taylor were responsible for deceptively distributing the Media Motor Trojan horse, masking it with promises of free screensavers and video content. The FTC said that once installed, Media Motor set off an array of disruptive practices that ranged from changing consumers' home pages and browser settings to generating pop-ups, including pornographic ones, and disabling antispyware and antivirus programs.

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