Media Motor - Terminated by FTC
Good news!
The Media Motor spyware program has been permanently halted by the FTC (Federal Trade Comission).
The operators of Media Motor have been accused of infecting more than 15 million computers around the world with their software. They were first charged in November 2006.
The FTC order will permanently bar the defendants from distributing software that interferes with consumers’ computers, including software that tracks consumers’ Internet activity or collects other personal information; generates disruptive pop-up advertising; tampers with or disables other installed programs; or installs other advertising software onto consumers’ computers. The defendants will also be required to fully disclose the name and function of all software they install on consumers’ computers in the future, and to provide consumers with the option to cancel the installation after viewing the disclosure. The defendants will give up $330,000 in ill-gotten gains. Should the court find that the defendants misrepresented their financial status, $3,595,925 – the total revenues from their scam – will be due.
The Commission vote to accept the stipulated order was 5-0.
More information available at:
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2007/10/motorspyware.shtm
John
It’s about time too that these parasites get extinguished.
I’m glad the FTC is taking solid steps at last to combat these rogue scums.