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Microsoft, Washington State Sue Over 'scareware' Pop-up Ads - Cnet News
microsoft and the attorney general's office in washington state said on monday they have filed seven lawsuits over pop-up ads that scare consumers into paying for software that supposedly fixes critical errors on a pc. one lawsuit alleges a texas ...
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Software Facilitates Removal Of Spyware From Computer.
with ability to optimize windows startup programs, pc integrity scanner v2008.1.5 walks user through set of system locations - where spyware could hide - so user can visually inspect system's integrity. software detects and removes harmful browser helper objects as well as unwanted browser toolbars, buttons, and plugins. it can detect host file redirects and full network configuration, delete ...
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State Sues Software Company Under Spyware Act
washington state has sued a texas software company and its manager, alleging that their alarming and false notices of "critical errors" on the computers of online customers violate a 2005 state law, the computer spyware act.
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State Sues Software Firm Under Spyware Act - Seattle Post Intelligencer
washington state has sued a texas software company and its manager, alleging that their alarming and false notices of "critical errors" on the computers of online customers violate a 2005 state law, the computer spyware act. the suit, filed sept. 16 ...
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Spyware Horror Stories - Download.com
earlier this year, we published a feature called spyware horror stories , in which readers related their most wretched encounters with malicious software. since then, the spread of spyware hasn't slowed down, so we're collecting user stories for use ...
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Macscan: Anti-spyware Software For Os X
las vegas, usa: securemac recently released macscan 2.6, the latest version of anti-spyware for mac program. this new version of macscan enhances protection against the latest threats to mac os x , including support for the firefox 3 web browser with targeted built-in cookie scanning and web file cleaning.
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Microsoft, Washington State Sue Over 'scareware' Pop-up Ads
microsoft and the attorney general's office in washington state said on monday they have filed seven lawsuits over pop-up ads that scare consumers into paying for software that supposedly fixes critical errors on a pc.
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Cyberdefender Achieves Landmark 4 Million Users - Earthtimes
los angeles, ca -- 09/30/08 -- cyberdefender corporation (otcbb: cyde), an innovative internet security developer offering early detection through a proprietary secure peer-to-peer network, delivering antidotes faster than the actual virus or spyware ...
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Police 'find' Author Of Notorious Virus - Techworld
the infamous gpcode 'ransomware' virus that hit computers in july was the work of a single person who is known to the authorities, a source close to the hunt for the attacker has told techworld. the individual is believed to be a russian national ...
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Infamous Vendor Of "antivirus Xp" Badware Sued
the software purveyor behind antivirus xp, a fake anti-virus package, has been sued and will hopefully be put out of business. there has been plenty of information available on this organization for some time, yet unsuspecting consumers continue to hand over their own money for what amounts to malware. alex eckelberry at sunbelt software has been tracking the fake software epidemic for some ...
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Cyberdefender Achieves Landmark 4 Million Users
cyberdefender corporation, an innovative internet security developer offering early detection through a proprietary secure peer-to-peer network, delivering antidotes faster than the actual virus or spyware can spread, today announced a milestone of approximately 4 million users between january 2008 and august 31, 2008.
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Microsoft Takes On Scareware Vendors - Techworld
microsoft and washington state are cracking down on scammers who bombard computer users with fake warning messages in hopes of selling them useless software. the state's attorney general and lawyers from microsoft's internet safety enforcement team ...
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Microsoft, Washington State Crackdown On Scareware Vendors - Eflux Media
microsoft has announced a partnership with washington state today, to pursue legal action to discourage developers of “scareware” programs. these trick the user into believing there is a ‘critical’ malfunction on their computer which they can ...
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Microsoft, Washington Ag Sue Over "scareware" Pop-up Ads
lawsuits allege companies duped consumers into downloading fake scanning software and paying for software they don't need to fix computer problems they don't have.
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Microsoft, Washington State Sue Scareware Purveyors
microsoft corp. and the state of washington this week filed lawsuits against a slew of "scareware" purveyors, scam artists who use fake security alerts to frighten consumers into paying for worthless computer security software. the case filed by the washington attorney general's office names texas-based branch software and its owner james reed mccreary iv, alleging that mccreary's company caused ...
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Untangle's "silver Bullet" Delivers Network Audits From A Usb Stick - Forbes
untangle today introduced its free "silver bullet" program to enable channel partners to audit customer networks and demonstrate untangle right from a usb stick. the "silver bullet" comes pre-loaded with untangle's re-router technology(tm) and ...
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Economic Benefits Of Using Genuine Computer Software - Punch
have you ever imagined how frustrating it could be if you needed information badly from your computer, but you could not access that information because your computer had just cut a bug. what can you say of a situation where an application on your ...
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Microsoft Tries To Put Fear Of God Into Scareware Vendors
microsoft and washington state are teaming up again, this time with an eye on software providers who market unnecessary repair/maintenance products. such "scareware" costs users significant amounts of money, and provide unnecessary "protection." read more...
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Microsoft Takes On Scareware Vendors
tools such as antivirus 2008 could be a target. microsoft and washington state are cracking down on scammers who bombard computer users with fake warning messages in hopes of selling them useless software.
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New Anti-spyware Alliance Is Formed - Silicon.com
makers of anti-spyware software are taking another shot at creating a definition of spyware, this time with help from consumer organisations. two months after the collapse of the consortium of anti-spyware technology vendors, or coast, which fell ...
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