Day: April 8, 2006

Spitzer puts another firm in spyware crosshairs | CNET News.com For more info click on above link New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said on Tuesday he has sued Direct Revenue, charging the Internet marketer with secretly installing millions of spyware programs that sent unsolicited advertisements to users’ computers. Spitzer said in a statement that Direct Revenue secretly bundled spyware into offers for free games or other applications. The software tracked users’ Internet habits and caused pop-up ads to appear, he said. The lawsuit, filed in Supreme Court of the State of New York, seeks an order