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Posted by George Hester on 10/09/05 12:12
"TaskProperties" <tskprop@dontspammee.com> wrote in message
news:43448e8d$0$20088$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
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> FTC Goes After Another Spyware Peddler
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> The Federal Trade Commission is taking legal action against the
distributor
> of a malware-infested file sharing program. The FTC also has asked the US
> District Court in New Hampshire to order Odysseus Marketing, publisher of
> the software, to suspend operations.
>
> Odysseus Marketing distributes and promotes a peer-to-peer file sharing
> program named Kazanon, which they claim provides total anonymity to their
> users while sharing files. The FTC says that this claim is false, that
> people using the software are not anonymous. Making such a false claim is
> itself a violation of federal law.
>
> Kazanon comes bundled with another program known as "Clientman". The FTC
> states that Clientman is spyware and that, once installed, it downloads
and
> install numerous other spyware programs on behalf of various third
parties.
>
> All of this activity takes place without adequate disclosure. What little
> disclosure there is appears in the middle of a lengthy license agreement
> located on Odysseus Marketing's web site.
>
> The FTC also alleges that Odysseus Marketing deliberately made it
difficult
> to remove the software installed with Kazanon. In fact, Odysseus offers an
> uninstall tool that, instead of removing the software, actually installs
> more spyware.
>
> The FTC charges that the practices of Odysseus Marketing, and its
principal
> Walter Rines, are unfair and deceptive and violate the FTC Act. The agency
> will seek a permanent halt to the practices of this marketing company.
You know that is all well and good. The trouble is why is there so little
of this? It almost seems to be the accusation of Spyware is a ruse. If the
FTC really wants to go after Spyware why don't they go after the
Professional organizations that make this stuff? It is becoming a common
industry similar to butter. They advertise their services. Wait till you
get hit with the Kernel corruption Root Kits. What was described in here is
chicken feed to those.
--
George Hester
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