'Anti-spyware' peddlers to pay $2 million

Bogus claims cost dear

Two US companies that promoted anti-spyware products through a series of deceptive claims have agreed to pay a total of nearly $2 million to settle charges brought against them by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

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According to the FTC, each of the dodgy operators claimed to have detected spyware on consumers' computers, regardless of whether there really was any, before selling the consumers anti-spyware software that either did not work or did not work as advertised.

As well as paying out $2 million, the companies are prohibited from making deceptive claims, and one is barred from selling or marketing any anti-spyware product or service in the future.

The full story can be read here.

10 January 2006

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