[1stPickPCHelp] Bonzi Buddy Sued

From: "Mike" <mikebike@xxxxxxxxx>
To: 1stpickpchelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2002 19:47:37 -0800

Here is another good news story;

Bonzi Buddy Sued ~ computer hijacker program
http://www.lukins.com/bonzi/
A nationwide class action lawsuit was filed on November 25, 2002, in the
Superior Court of Spokane County against Bonzi Software, Inc. Bonzi is among
the world?s most prolific issuers of Internet advertising banners.
Bonzi?s website has been ranked as one of the most frequently visited
websites in the world.

The class action complaint alleges that Bonzi deceptively and fraudulently
commandeered millions of internet users to Bonzi?s commercial websites
through dissemination of tens-of-millions of fraudulent Internet advertising
banners that impersonated computer error messages. The Complaint states that
through use of such Fake User Interface (?FUI?) dialogs that gave the
false appearance of being computer error messages, Bonzi tricked millions of
Internet users into interrupting the work they were performing to respond to
the fraudulent error message, only to unexpectedly find both computer and
computer user thus hijacked to defendants? commercial website. 

Thanks to; Kim Komando Computer Show Newsletter
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