FTC Cracking Down on Fake Security Software
Posted December 16, 2008
DT traffic and new fake security software to write about has been dead lately. I wonder if it has to do with the Federal Trade Commission cracking down these types of scams.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland has ordered Innovative Marketing and ByteHosting Internet Services to stop promoting so-called “scareware” through online advertisements. The companies used online ads to scare consumers into buying products such as WinFixer, WinAntivirus, DriveCleaner, ErrorSafe and XP Antivirus, by falsely claiming that scans of consumers’ computers had detected viruses, spyware and illegal pornography, the FTC said in a press release.
What am I going to write about now? I’m so bored and there’s not even any infected computers coming into work for me to fix.
Be sure to visit Damn Trojan tomorrow when I start my daily series about watching paint dry.
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