Microsoft announced that it has filed a lawsuit against an organization believed to be responsible for attacking users with spyware programs hidden in celebrity-themed screen savers, including some bearing <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2059082,00.asp?kc=EWNAVEMNL111506EOAD">pictures of pop singer Jessica Simpson.</A> One day after the United States Federal Trade Commission took its own legal action against ERG Ventures, its affiliates and its operators in the company's home state of Nevada, Microsoft brought its own lawsuit against the firm accusing it of violating the Washington Computer Spyware Act and the Washington Consumer Protection Act. Specifically named in the lawsuit was Timothy P. Taylor, the alleged chief of ERG, along with affiliate company Media Motor.
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