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InternetNews
September 1, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Yahoo Funding Spyware? Analyst Ben Edelman charges Yahoo with supporting spyware companies by having them distribute its pay-per-click ads. He says that advertisers should be told what they are getting.   |
InternetNews
February 16, 2007
Roy Mark |
DirectRevenue to Pay Back 'Spyware' Gains Adware distributor DirectRevenue today settled Federal Trade Commission charges of unfair and deceptive trade practices of installing unwanted and unsolicited spyware unto consumers' computers. |
InternetNews
November 3, 2006
Roy Mark |
Zango Settles FTC Adware Charges The controversial adware distributor agrees to pay $3 million and provide consumer consent notices. |
BusinessWeek
June 28, 2004 |
Ben Edelman, Adware Scourge This 24-year-old law student-expert witness says he's "100% convinced that spyware is a fair label" for advertising software. |
InternetNews
November 6, 2006
Roy Mark |
FTC Mulling Next-Gen Tech, Policy Three days of hearings open to consider future Internet regulatory challenges. |
Fast Company
November 2013 |
New Research Says That Women Will Like Either Your Brand or Themselves--Not Both Don't make ads that are threatening to women. |
BusinessWeek
April 24, 2006
Grow & Helm |
Your Ad Here. And Here. And Here How a web of middlemen is hijacking the placement of online ads - and cashing in. |
PC World
November 2005
Tynan & Spring |
The Hidden Money Trail Those programs that pelt you with ads and bog down your PC are financed by some of America's largest companies. |
InternetNews
August 10, 2004
Roy Mark |
FTC Settles with Pop-up Ad Operators Scheme involved exploiting Windows Messenger Service to barrage consumers with ads. |
Wired
December 2005
Annalee Newitz |
Don't Call It Spyware Three years ago Gator (now Claria) was considered a parasite and a scourge. Today it's a rising star - selling virtually the same product. How a pop-up pariah won the adware wars. |
Home Theater
August 7, 2009
Mark Fleischmann |
Pay to Skip Ads, See Ads Anyway Commercials overrun former bastions of commercial-free viewing. |
InternetNews
January 5, 2006
Roy Mark |
Bogus Spyware Vendors Settle FTC Charges The Federal Trade Commission slaps almost $2 million in fines on firms selling software that did not remove spyware as advertised. |
Fast Company
November 2004
Alan Deutschman |
The Ad Agency on Your Hard Drive How Web software called "adware" is taking advertising to a new, effective, and extremely annoying level. |
InternetNews
January 3, 2008
Kenneth Corbin |
The Sneaky Side of Sears? Security researchers call out Sears on Spyware tactics. |
HBS Working Knowledge
February 3, 2014
Kim Girard |
The Tricky Business of Managing Web Advertising Affiliates Advertising through numerous website affiliates potentially helps marketers get more bang for their buck. But the far-flung systems can also lead to fraud, says Ben Edelman. What's the best way to manage your advertising network? |
CRM
December 1, 2007
Jessica Tsai |
Prime Time for Streaming TV National networks are distributing TV online to increase consumer touch points, but what does that mean for network affiliates? |
The Motley Fool
April 10, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Get Desperately Lost for Free The family entertainment giant will offer free, ad-supported streams of its hit ABC shows later this month. The shows, available the day after they first air on TV, will feature fresh ads that viewers won't be able to skip. |
InternetNews
August 4, 2005
Roy Mark |
Settlement in the Air at Time Warner The media giant set aside $3 billion to settle class action suits with shareholders upset about the merger with AOL. Hours later, the FTC announced that a subsidiary of AOL settled charges for not disclosing the true nature of bundled adware. |
PC World
November 2001
Tom Spring |
Consumer Alert: Stealth Ad Invasion Don't look now, but your computer may be harboring software that lets unwanted advertising in... |
InternetNews
September 14, 2006
Roy Mark |
'Lonely Housewives' Reach FTC Settlement A spam scam promising dates with lonely, if not quite desperate, housewives is among the latest unsolicited bulk e-mail schemes halted today by the Federal Trade Commission. |
InternetNews
May 4, 2006
Nicholas Carlson |
Yahoo Called Spyware Pusher in Lawsuit Anti-spyware activist Bed Edelman is leading a new round of charges that search and portal player Yahoo deployed clickfraud with the help of spyware in its dealings with Web advertising clients. |
InternetNews
May 11, 2005
Roy Mark |
Adware Called Too Cozy With Spyware The Center for Democracy and Technology says complex relationships allow responsible parties to dodge liability even if Congress passes an anti-spyware bill. |
InternetNews
January 30, 2007
Ed Sutherland |
Travel Companies, Cingular Settle Adware Case Three online advertisers have to pony up $100,000 and promise to stop using controversial adware as part of a settlement with New York State's Attorney General. |
InternetNews
September 6, 2006
Roy Mark |
Spyware Operation Fined $2M A spyware operation that promised protection from viruses and spam but instead installed malware agreed today to pay a $2 million fine to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges of false and deceptive practices. |
Home Theater
March 20, 2008 |
Net Viewing of Full TV Shows Rises Internet users have progressed beyond quick youtube clips to widespread viewing of full-length network television shows, according to a new study. |
Entrepreneur
October 2005
Catherine Seda |
Team Players Get more wins -- and more sales -- from your affiliate program by stacking your roster with internet-marketing pros. |
PC World
July 2004
Tom Spring |
Striking Back at Spyware States, feds consider regulating intrusive software. |
PC World
July 2005
Andrew Brandt |
Can You Trust Your Spyware Protection? Determining what classifies as spyware is a difficult problem, and would-be spyware manufacturers try to make sure their software is not blacklisted by the major anti-spyware tools. |
InternetNews
July 12, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Microsoft Shifting Adware Approach? Is Microsoft hot on Claria or soft on adware? Microsoft has been criticized for changing the ratings of Claria and other adware in its Anti-Spyware product. Experts describe the deceptive practices used by some adware. |
Search Engine Watch
January 14, 2004
Christine Churchill |
Day of Reckoning in Search Engine Advertising Overture's announcement that it plans to separate contextual advertising from regular keyword-based search results and ads has garnered kudos from the search engine marketing community. Will Google follow suit? |
BusinessWeek
June 28, 2004 |
Avi Naider, Adware Crusader The chief exec of WhenU says he hates spyware as much as anyone, but his product is different. Here he explains |
BusinessWeek
July 17, 2006
Ben Elgin |
The Plot To Hijack Your Computer Direct Revenue's swift rise illustrates the intertwining of spyware and mainstream online marketing. |
PC World
December 2004
Andrew Brandt |
Poor Defenders Some anti-spyware companies use confusing ads, and our tests show their $20-$60 products are less effective than free competitors. |
InternetNews
November 11, 2005
Roy Mark |
L.A. Court Shuts Down Spyware Op The Federal Trade Commission seeks a permanent injunction and victim restitution for Los Angeles-based spyware scheme. |
