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FTC Settles With Zango Over Adware

Grant Gross writes on ComputerWorld:

Adware distributor Zango Inc. will give up $3 million in "ill-gotten gains" for deceptive downloads that displayed billions of unwanted pop-up ads in a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

The settlement, announced Friday, bars Zango from loading software onto consumers' computers without their consent, the FTC said. The settlement also requires Zango, formerly known as 180solutions Inc., to provide a way for consumers to remove the adware. Also named in the settlement were Zango executives Keith Smith and Daniel Todd, of Bellevue, Washington.

posted by Fergie @ 11/03/2006 11:11:00 AM