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FTC Files Spyware Case Against Sanford Wallace

Posted by michael on from the straight-and-narrow dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Legendary reformed spammer Sanford Wallace is apparently back in business, under suspicion by the Feds for advertising a trojan spyware removal tool. Wallace 'admit[s] no wrongdoing', but in the next breath says 'The FTC is trying to enforce a law that hasn't even passed', referring to the proposed anti-spyware legislation currently in Congress."

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  1. Another article with more by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    The Union Leader has more information. The part about the bankruptcy tells much about Wallace's character.

  2. Re:Mod Parent Down, Re:Another reason to use FireF by psbrogna · · Score: 5, Informative
    Visit a reputable vulnerabilities website, www.cert.org for example, and compare the number of Mozilla vulnerabilities (2) to that of Internet Explorer (179). I'm sorry, you don't have a reply to that? I thought as much.

    Is there anything else the entire industry has accepted that you want to suggest is wrong?

  3. Wallace's "former" partner is into spyware, too by BMcWilliams · · Score: 5, Informative

    The FTC lawsuit is against Seismic Productions, which used to be registered to Walt Rines, Wallace's old spamming partner. Rines currently distributes a Trojan horse program called Kazanon that (falsely) claims to make users of the Kazaa file-sharing program invisible to the authorities. When asked about the legality of Kazanon, Rines said "If there's a grey area, I'm all for taking the opportunity, from a marketing standpoint."