FTC Shuts Down Scareware Op

[siljaline]

More details here >
http://www.lavasoft.com/company/blog/?p=488

Silj

--
"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_

[David H. Lipman]

From: "siljaline" <spam@uce.gov>

| More details here >
| http://www.lavasoft.com/company/blog/?p=488

| Silj

Old news.

See my post "Court Halts Bogus Computer Scans -- WinFixer Group"
Post Date; 12/10



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Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

[siljaline]

David H. Lipman wrote:
> From: "siljaline" <spam@uce.gov>
>
> | More details here >
> | http://www.lavasoft.com/company/blog/?p=488
>
> | Silj
>
> Old news.
>
> See my post "Court Halts Bogus Computer Scans -- WinFixer Group"
> Post Date; 12/10

I must have missed out on a good read, no-can-do know, Dave - I keep Usenet
messages for ten days, then purge.
If you'd like to re-post, please, feel free.

Merry Xmas, btw!

Silj

--
"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_

[David H. Lipman]

From: "siljaline" <spam@uce.gov>


| I must have missed out on a good read, no-can-do know, Dave - I keep Usenet
| messages for ten days, then purge.
| If you'd like to re-post, please, feel free.

| Merry Xmas, btw!

| Silj

Happy Holidays Randy!

You should reset your list to purge at least after 30 days else not at all. There is a
wealth information in Usenet and sometimes the pieces don't fall together in a short time
span. Downloading the information and keeping it allows you to search information that
you already have to help put puzzles together.

My post...

http://ftc.gov/opa/2008/12/winsoftware.shtm

"On December 2, 2008 the FTC requested and received a temporary restraining order from the
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Under its terms, the defendants are
barred from falsely representing that they have run any type of computer analysis, or that
they have detected security or privacy problems on a consumer’s computer. They also are
barred from using domain names obtained with false or incomplete information, placing
advertisements purportedly on behalf of a third party without that party’s consent, or
otherwise attempting to conceal their own identities. The order also mandates that
companies hosting the defendants’ Web sites and providing domain-registration services
take the necessary steps to keep consumers from accessing these Web sites."





--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

[siljaline]

David H. Lipman wrote:
> From: "siljaline" <spam@uce.gov>
>
>
> | I must have missed out on a good read, no-can-do know, Dave - I keep Usenet
> | messages for ten days, then purge.
> | If you'd like to re-post, please, feel free.
>
> | Merry Xmas, btw!
>
> | Silj
>
> Happy Holidays Randy!

And you, Dave :-)

> You should reset your list to purge at least after 30 days else not at all. There is a
> wealth information in Usenet and sometimes the pieces don't fall together in a short time
> span. Downloading the information and keeping it allows you to search information that
> you already have to help put puzzles together.

Agree, partially - I've tweaked my Rule to retain messages for 20 days.

> My post...
>
> http://ftc.gov/opa/2008/12/winsoftware.shtm
>
> "On December 2, 2008 the FTC requested and received a temporary restraining order from the
> U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Under its terms, the defendants are
> barred from falsely representing that they have run any type of computer analysis, or that
> they have detected security or privacy problems on a consumer's computer. They also are
> barred from using domain names obtained with false or incomplete information, placing
> advertisements purportedly on behalf of a third party without that party's consent, or
> otherwise attempting to conceal their own identities. The order also mandates that
> companies hosting the defendants' Web sites and providing domain-registration services
> take the necessary steps to keep consumers from accessing these Web sites."

Thanks for the repost for my benefit!

Cheers,

Silj

--
"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_