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Spyware Maker Sues Anti-Spyware Maker

Posted by Zonk on from the oh-the-hilarity dept.

prostoalex writes "An 'online media company' Zango, which gained notoriety for redirecting adult affiliate traffic and the first ever MySpace worm, is now suing the anti-spyware vendor PC Tools, maker of an application called 'Spyware Doctor', for removing Zango applications off the consumers' PCs. 'According to a posting on a blog called Spamnotes.com, Zango is seeking at least $35 million in damages, alleging that Spyware Doctor removes Zango's software without warning users that it will be deleted. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in King County Superior Court in Seattle, according to Spamnotes.com. Formerly known as 180solutions, Zango is trying to clean up its tarnished reputation. In November it paid $3 million to settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission charges that its software was being installed deceptively on PCs.'"

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  1. Pot Calling The Kettle Black... by Vexler · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is like Osama Bin Laden filing a federal lawsuit in Washington D.C. alleging that George W. Bush is interfering with Bin Laden's rights to advance the agenda of fundamentalist Islam and kill innocent Americans.

    1. Re:Pot Calling The Kettle Black... by Zeinfeld · · Score: 5, Funny

      "We would be interested to know what your client's attitude to damages would be if the nature of our reply were as follows : Fuck off"

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    2. Re:Pot Calling The Kettle Black... by DoofusOfDeath · · Score: 4, Funny

      This is like Osama Bin Laden filing a federal lawsuit in Washington D.C. alleging that George W. Bush is interfering with Bin Laden's rights to advance the agenda of fundamentalist Islam and kill innocent Americans.

      Hmmm, good point. Quick! Patent that business method before Osama thinks of it!

    3. Re:Pot Calling The Kettle Black... by clyde_cadiddlehopper · · Score: 2, Funny

      No, it isn't. (dang, there goes my karma again.)

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    4. Re:Pot Calling The Kettle Black... by palewook · · Score: 5, Funny

      or like punching your boss in the nose and getting fired for the punch. then suing your boss because he forced you to punch him because he was acting like a tool.

    5. Re:Pot Calling The Kettle Black... by macdaddy357 · · Score: 4, Funny

      And from beyond the grave, Hitler is bringing libel suits against anyone calling him a Nazi.

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  2. M$ should buy zango for 6 billion by Werrismys · · Score: 4, Funny

    that would show google.

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  3. Joking aside... by adona1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I dare say there will be a fair few jokes made along the lines of "that's like Jeffrey Dahmer suing young boys for being so delectable and tasty", but I think that misses the point that this issue highlights - that all lawyers should be put in a shuttle and sent directly into the centre of the sun.

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    1. Re:Joking aside... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      what a waste of a perfectly good shuttle.

  4. I hope Zango wins. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Zango has been providing innovative and useful software that helps users learn about quality products while simultaneously using their computer for other tasks, saving the user valuable time. It was very wrong of Spyware Doctor to not warn the user. I hope Zango wins. Anyhow, I'm off to go look for more smilies and mouse cursors to complement my Bonzai Buddy.

  5. It's like... by Mortimer82 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I know I used to force myself upon you, repeatedly, with no remorse, but I was thinking seeing as I have asked that you allow me to, and that I have changed my name now, you may voluntarily sleep with me?

  6. Re:Joking aside... (obigilatory) by DavidWeight · · Score: 1, Funny

    Now if we just include the telephone sanatizers and the hairdressers...

  7. Shenanigans by rgaginol · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hereby declare Shenanigans on Zango - SHENANIGANS!!!

  8. Re:ROFL by jamstar7 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Truth is stranger than fiction, that's for sure.

    And some of us are stranger than truth.

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  9. List = {Null}? by AndroidCat · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can Zango provide a verifiable list of their "customers" who are actually complaining that it was removed?

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