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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 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.

  2. 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.