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FTC fines Zango $3 Million |
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As reported on Wired.
Government regulators fined rogue adware distributor Zango (formerly 180Solutions) $3 million following charges that the company deceived internet users into installing its pop-up software and tried to prevent them from uninstalling it.
Zango, which bundles its pop-up software with downloads such as screensavers or games, agreed to the Federal Trade Commission settlement, but did not admit guilt.
Zango's practices included using 'rogue' affiliates that would install software without consent from children's sites and kiddie porn sites and randomizing its file names to stymie removal tools, according to spyware researcher Ben Edelman. The settlement prohibits the company from allowing its affiliates to use deceptive practices in the future. (This Wired News story explains how affiliate programs work and how their abuse accounts for much of the internet's email and web spam.)
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