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D-Squared Can Resume Pop-Ups, For Now

Posted by timothy on from the got-firebird dept.

linuxwrangler writes "According to this SF Gate article, U.S. District Judge Andre Davis said there was insufficient evidence for him to grant a preliminary injunction preventing D-Squared from using Microsoft's messenger service to send pop-up ads to Windows users. D-Squared used the Windows messenger service to pop-up ads as often as every 10 minutes. The ads promoted its product -- software to stop 'these unwanted and illegal pop-up messages forever with the click of a button' - a practice the FTC called 'high-tech extortion.'"

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  1. Re:from the got-firebird dept? by OutRigged · · Score: 2, Informative

    Firebird has nothing to do with this, it's a service built into Windows. It's not MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger, it's just called Messenger. It's used to send alerts to clients over a network.

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  2. Stop that popup in 10 easy steps clicks for free. by bryanp · · Score: 5, Informative

    1. Start
    2. Settings
    3. Control Panel.
    4. Administrative Tools.
    5. Services.
    6. Messenger
    7. Change Startup Type to "Manual"
    8. Stop.
    9. Apply.
    10. OK.

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  3. Re:from the got-firebird dept? by mithras+the+prophet · · Score: 2, Informative

    Thanks for playing, but Grandparent knows that, which is why he (rhetorically) asked why the Slashdot editor labeled the story such.

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  4. Why some people still use Windows by 0x0d0a · · Score: 2, Informative

    There are a couple of reasons:

    * Familiarity. Just as most people aren't willing to learn a new (possibly significantly superior) control interface to their car, most people don't want to relearn an interface to their computer.

    * Software availability. Lots of custom and vertical-market software and games are only available for Windows.

    * Lock-in. Microsoft is actively making it unpleasant to switch from their software.

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