Three Companies Shut Down For Spyware Bundling

SenseOfHumor writes "A U.S. Court has shut down three companies for secretly bundling spyware. The assets of Enternet Media Inc. and Conspy & Co. Inc., based in California, and Iwebtunes, based in Ohio, have been frozen pending further court action, the FTC said. The court also ordered all three firms to halt downloads of the software." From the article: "According to a complaint filed in district court in Los Angeles, Enternet and Conspy bundled their malicious software with music files, song lyrics and cellular telephone ring tones offered free on a range of Web sites. The software was also disguised as a security upgrade for Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer Web browser."

Comments

Re:So when will Sony BMG be shut down?

[SmurfButcher Bob]

> Getting told off by the President of the United States isn't getting slapped down?

No, it isn't. Having executives prosecuted for felonies, exactly as they have earned, is getting slapped down.

If you or I did what they did, it'd be open and shut... and "getting told off" by the president would NOT be one of the things we'd suffer.

Re:Enternet 300?

[dreamchaser]

DSL and it's variants are digital, hence the "D" for digital.

There _is_ hope!

[buzzazz]

So there _is_ good that the Gov't does.. *flip* and all this time... I wonder what it would take for them to force Big Boys (okay, Microshoft, WalMart, Quixtar) to start using bio-sensitive packaging and other such simple/obvious/MUST DO things..