Microsoft Files Suits Against "Malvertisers"

Posted by kdawson on Friday September 18, 2009 @05:49AM from the prefix-of-the-hour dept.

eldavojohn writes "Reuters is bringing us news of five civil lawsuits filed by Microsoft against 'Soft Solutions,' 'Direct Ad,' 'qiweroqw.com,' 'ITmeter Inc,' and 'ote2008.info' that allege they 'used malvertisements to distribute malicious software or present deceptive websites that peddled scareware to unsuspecting Internet users.' Microsoft's Tim Cranton outlined the suits and provided links to all the filings for download. 'Cranton added that names of specific individuals behind these activities were not known and the lawsuits were being filed to help uncover the people responsible.'"

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Re:Brain... locking... up... by Anonymous Coward · 2009-09-18 06:11 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Badly... have to... urinate....
Re:Microsoft Up to Something Good? by Anonymous Coward · 2009-09-18 06:16 · Score: -1, Offtopic

You know who's in the loop? Apple. Their address is 1, Infinite Loop.
Re:Brain... locking... up... by mcgrew · 2009-09-18 07:17 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Choose the lesser evil.
Isn't that how Bush and Obama got to be Presidents?

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Re:Brain... locking... up... by OwnedByTwoCats · 2009-09-18 07:33 · Score: 1, Offtopic

No, the voters chose Gore over Bush. Even in Florida. Somehow, the greater evil took power anyway.