U.S. files first suit against Internet 'spy ware'

muddocktormuddocktor
edited November 2004 in Science & Tech
I found this article from a link at HardOCP this weekend and haven't seen any links here. Here's a quote from the article:
CNN wrote:
The U.S. government has sued a New Hampshire man in its first attempt to crack down on Internet "spy ware" that seizes control of a user's computer without permission.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Thursday asked a federal court to shut down an operation that it said disables users' computers in an attempt to bully them into buying anti-spy ware products.

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The FTC used deceptive-business laws to go after New Hampshire resident Sanford Wallace and his two companies, Seismic Entertainment Productions Inc. and SmartBot.Net Inc.

The FTC asked the court to shut down Wallace's operations and force him to return any money he has made.

Here's a link to the article .

I'm glad to see that the government if finally coming up with ideas on how to shut these asshats down under present laws. :clap:

I had submitted this as a new item over 2 days ago but it seems like it must have gotten lost in a crack somewhere. :rolleyes::scratch: I think that this is pretty newsworthy myself. ;)

Comments

  • dragonV8dragonV8 not here much New
    edited October 2004
    muddocktor wrote:
    I'm glad to see that the government if finally coming up with ideas on how to shut these asshats down under present laws. :clap:


    Interesting bit of news, Mudd. Good to see the Ba***rds are getting nothing less than they deserve. :thumbsup:
  • GuyuteGuyute Gamehenge
    edited November 2004
    They should put him in a cage for 20 minutes with the people who's computers he messed with...
  • SpywareShooterSpywareShooter 127.0.0.1
    edited November 2004
    Haha he lived like an hour away from me, and VX2 infected my computer 4 times. I should have gone over to his house and kicked his ass ;D
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