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FTC Shuts Down Fraudulent Antispyware Company

Posted by timothy on from the click-here-to-remove-viruses dept.

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.'"

3 of 198 comments (clear)

  1. I'm Confused, Tell Me what to Think by X43B · · Score: 0, Redundant

    FTC: bad
    Spyware: bad
    FTC's action to shut down spyware: ????

    I can't wait to hear the conspiracies on this one. :)

    1. Re:I'm Confused, Tell Me what to Think by Ucklak · · Score: 0, Redundant

      What has the FTC ever done that's bad?

      --
      if you steal from one source, that is plagiarism, if you steal from many, well, that's just research.
  2. Ooh, google cache time! by F3u3r-Fr3i · · Score: 0, Redundant

    http://216.239.63.104/search?q=cache:X4Tox_tOdDAJ: www.spywareassassin.com/+spywareassassin&hl=en