Chris Posted October 23, 2004 Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 CONCORD, N.H. - A federal judge has ordered a man known as the "Spam King" to disable so-called spyware programs that infiltrate people's computers, track their Internet use and flood them with pop-up advertising. U.S. District Judge Joseph DiClerico issued a temporary restraining order Thursday against Stanford Wallace and his companies, SmartBot.net Inc. of Richboro, Pa., and Seismic Entertainment Productions Inc. of Rochester. SmartBot's principal place of business is Barrington. Prosecutors sought the injunction on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission, which targeted Wallace in its first anti-spyware action. The judge ordered Wallace to remove software code that exploits security holes in computer operating systems and Web browsers, then tracks people's Internet use to bombard them with pop-up ads. Wallace also is accused of trying to sell computer users $30 remedies called "Spy Wiper" and "Spy Deleter" that the FTC says don't work.More | Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackrat Posted October 23, 2004 Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 Wallace formerly headed a company called Cyber Promotions in the 1990s that sent as many as 30 million junk e-mails daily to consumers, earning him the nicknames "Spamford" and "Spam King." He left the company after lawsuits by America Online and CompuServe.I hope they string him up by his :censored: bits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted October 24, 2004 Report Share Posted October 24, 2004 It's well overdue for something to be done about these vermin. The problem is that much of this rubbish originates in countries outside our reach. You can buy a ready made virus from a Chinese company, ready for you to distribute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snec Posted October 24, 2004 Report Share Posted October 24, 2004 Oh, that's good then. Very interesting!! Thank you so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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