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Will the adware industry beat Spitzer?

 August 2, 2005 Professor Eric Goldman says New York's crusading attorney general may be left firing blanks. That's because no legal doctrine holds advertisers liable for using adware. TAGS: adware company, advertiser, adware, liability, Intermix Media Inc., law, attorney general, vendor, firing, threat, knowledge, New York

A secret war

 February 24, 2003 A move by EarthLink toward "spyware" hunting marks just one new front in a bitter war over a dramatically increasing number of programs that sneak onto hard drives. TAGS: EarthLink Inc., spyware, adware, behavior, vice president, knowledge, HTML, hard drive, monitor, security

German court: Pop-ups need permission

 March 26, 2004 A German judge issues a preliminary injunction against Claria--aka Gator--that prohibits its adware pop-ups from appearing over a rental car site without the agency's permission. TAGS: Hertz Corp., Claria Corp., WhenU, Gator, preliminary injunction, pop-up, permission, adware, court, Germany, agency, knowledge, spyware

Google feels spyware strains

 June 28, 2004 Sneaky software aims for profits by bumping Google's query results with disguised ads. TAGS: LookSmart Ltd., text advertisement, spyware, PestPatrol, Lavasoft, pay-per-click advertising, Google Inc., search result, threat, adware, search engine, knowledge
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