*From the invaluable SANS, which reads like
a seismic report from the slopes of St Helens
this week....
SPAM & PHISHING
–FTC Pursues Former Spam King in Court
(08 October 2004)
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed charges in the U.S.
District Court of the District of New Hampshire against Sanford Wallace.
The FTC also filed charges against the two companies he owns,
SmartBot.net and Seismic Entertainment Productions. It is alleged that Wallace, once known as the undisputed king of spam, has been secretly installing advertising and other software programs on users' computers, which among other things, generate pop-up ads. The companies then use these ads to sell software to remove the spyware they themselves have installed on the user's computer.
The FTC is seeking a temporary
restraining order to halt these practices while the civil action is
pursued.
http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3419411
