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Title: US shuts down 'scareware' sellers Post by: Alex on December 14, 2008, 06:37:57 PM US shuts down 'scareware' sellers
The US government has moved to shut down sellers of fake security software. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has won a restraining order that stops several sellers of "scareware" from continuing to trade. Millions of people are thought to have been caught out by the software which, once installed, issues false alerts about viruses and illegal porn. The FTC is pursuing further legal action to win a permanent ban on those peddling the scareware. Court papers submitted by the FTC show that the peddlers of the fake security software tricked websites into advertising their products. The companies behind the fake security software won customers via adverts on many popular websites. Read full story... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/neowin-main/~3/sVmqkZ0qLm8/us-shuts-down-scareware-sellers |