FTC Shuts Down Fraudulent Antispyware Company

spewey writes "The Federal Trade Commission has shut down MaxTheater, Inc., alleging the company participated in fraudulent practices with its Spyware Assassin site, which purportedly scanned user machines for spyware and reported infections, even though no scan was done and in most cases, the user machine was clean. The site then offered the user a $30 product to remove the spyware, which the commission reports 'didn't do a thing.'"

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Down

[maotx]

with its Spyware Assassin site

I'm getting a blank page with the title "New Page 1"
Here is a google cache.

Spyware warrior lists numerous similar products

[Anonymous Coward]

for adding to your hosts file (if you havent already)

http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.h tm

Re:No message?

[dosius]

Look at the hosts surrounding 66.172.78.113...

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[%] resolved [66.172.78.106] to (www.xxxpersonals-southwest.co.uk)
[%] resolved [66.172.78.107] to (www.hotadultcams.com)
[%] resolved [66.172.78.108] to (www.getitspot.com)
[%] resolved [66.172.78.109] to (www.crowgod.com)
[%] resolved [66.172.78.110] to (www.iber-hosting.com)
[%] resolved [66.172.78.111] to (www.topxxxdvdsites.com)
[%] resolved [66.172.78.112] to (www.toppornstarsites.com)
[%] resolved [66.172.78.113] to (www.spywareassassin.com)
[%] resolved [66.172.78.114] to (www.auctionprofit.net)
[%] resolved [66.172.78.115] to (www.advancedonlinemarketing.com)
[%] resolved [66.172.78.116] to (www.smutdollars.com)
[%] resolved [66.172.78.117] to (www.cheapestadultscripts.com)
[%] resolved [66.172.78.118] to (www.scifiworld.us)
[%] resolved [66.172.78.119] to (www.memscenter.com)
[%] resolved [66.172.78.120] to (www.equivista.com)
[%] resolved [66.172.78.121] to (www.orbz.org)
[%] resolved [66.172.78.122] to (www.myseries60.net)
[%] resolved [66.172.78.123] to (www.furaddicted.net)
[%] resolved [66.172.78.124] to (www.animalhackerz.com)
[%] resolved [66.172.78.125] to (www.crazedmodding.com)
[%] resolved [66.172.78.126] to (www.free-adult-cartoons-x.com)
[%] resolved [66.172.78.127] to (www.ovrimos.com)
[%] resolved [66.172.78.128] to (www.interracialdirectory.com)
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[%] resolved [66.172.78.130] to (www.lucent-inferno.com)
[%] resolved [66.172.78.131] to (www.basd-action.net)
[%] resolved [66.172.78.132] to (www.can-online.org)
[%] resolved [66.172.78.133] to (www.masspersonalinjurylawyer.com)

Sense a pattern? That whole chunk of IP addresses seems to be owned by a shyster.

Moll.