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FTC Shuts Down Rogue Internet Service Provider, Pricewert LLC

June 4, 2009

Press release A rogue Internet Service Provider that recruits, knowingly hosts, and actively participates in the distribution of spam, child pornography, and other harmful electronic content has been shut down by a district court judge at the request of the Federal Trade Commission. The ISP’s upstream providers and data centers have disconnected its servers from [...]

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FTC- AnnualCreditReport.com only authorized source

March 20, 2009

FTC Releases Spoof Videos with a Serious Message Despite the musical claims of some TV commercials, the only authorized source to get your free annual credit report under federal law is AnnualCreditReport.com. To reinforce this message, the Federal Trade Commission is featuring two new videos with their own catchy tunes. Both videos are available at [...]

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Innovative Marketing Update

February 11, 2009

Sandi at Spyware Sucks. I’ll include some history of events so that you can get a sense of perspective with regards to the time frame around these events. Lifestyles of the Rich and Infamous, and an update about the status of the FTC versus Innovative Marketing et al lawsuit Certifiedbug: Federal Trade Commission bites Innovative [...]

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FTC complaint against Innovative Marketing

December 10, 2008

PDF here, these people are scary. More than one million consumers have been scammed into purchasing the Defendants’ software products to remove non-existent problems “detected” by the Defendants’ fake scans. The rogues invariably scared users into believing their computer was infested by malicious files, programs or “illegal” pornography, inducing panic and a purchase which led [...]

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Federal Trade Commission bites Innovative Marketing (WinFixer and other Rogues)

December 10, 2008

FTC Press Release Court Halts Bogus Computer Scans At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a U.S. district court has issued a temporary halt to a massive “scareware” scheme, which falsely claimed that scans had detected viruses, spyware, and illegal pornography on consumers’ computers. According to the FTC, the scheme has tricked more than [...]

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U.S. District Court denies FTC Request to Ban RemoteSpy

December 8, 2008

Press release. Orlando, FL (PRWEB) December 4, 2008 — On November 25, 2008, the U.S. District Court denied a proposed ban of the remotely-deployed computer monitoring software product, RemoteSpy, sold by CyberSpy Software, LLC. As of December 3, 2008, RemoteSpy is once again available for sale and users of the popular software can once again [...]

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Keylogger vendor CyberSpy under temporary restraining order

November 19, 2008

Federal Trade Commission Court Orders Halt to Sale of Spyware At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a U.S. District Court has issued a temporary restraining order halting the sale of keylogger spyware. According to the FTC’s complaint, the Florida-based CyberSpy Software, LLC marketed and sold RemoteSpy keylogger spyware to clients who would then [...]

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FTC Shuts Down, Freezes Assets of Vast International Spam E-Mail Network

October 15, 2008

A U.S. district court has ordered a halt to the operations of a vast international spam network that peddled prescription drugs and bogus male-enhancement products. The network has been identified as the largest “spam gang” in the world by the anti-spam organization Spamhaus. The Federal Trade Commission has received more than three million complaints about [...]

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Consumergain.com spamvertise’s at Photobucket

August 30, 2008

So there I was at Photobucket looking at images when this popped up. I clicked No and was redirected to the site anyway. In other words my browser was Hijacked. WOT edged in to say no no no. http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/consumergain.com Site Advisor also flags consumergain.com http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/consumergain.com Press release January 30, 2008 by the Federal Trade Commission [...]

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Porn Company Settles Spam Charges

March 4, 2008

Adult Website Operation Settles FTC Charges Unwitting Consumers Exposed to X-Rated Spam An X-rated Web operation that paid affiliates who used illegal e-mail to drive customers to its Web sites will pay a $413,000 civil penalty under a settlement reached with the FTC and the Department of Justice. The settlement also bars the illegal marketing [...]

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