-=PCTechTalk=- Spyware Assassin
- From: "Robert Andrew Dulaney Jr." <rdulaneyjr@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 21:57:53 -0800 (PST)
Spyware Firm Temporarily Shutdown
POSTED: 11:46 am PST March 16, 2005
SPOKANE, Wash. -- The Federal Trade Commission has temporarily shut down a
Spokane company whose software purported to help people remove spyware, but
that regulators claim often did nothing to stop the malicious programs.
A U.S. District Court judge in Spokane has approved a temporary restraining
order against MaxTheater Inc., which makes Spyware Assassin. In April, the FTC
will ask a federal judge to make the ban permanent.
The FTC alleges that Spyware Assassin offered customers a deceptive spyware
scan. The FTC said the scan either said it had found spyware that didn't exist
or said it would remove spyware and then didn't.
MaxTheater owner Thomas Delanoy, who is named in the complaint, told The
Spokesman-Review newspaper he had been advised by his attorney not to comment.
Spyware is a growing online security threat that can be used to track a user's
computer habits, steal valuable personal information and slow performance.
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