Re: FTC Obtains Order Barring Pop-up Spam Scam

From: Mike Burgess (winhelp2002_at_spamthis.com)
Date: 11/06/03


Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 17:18:23 -0500

YoKenny,
Most likely they'll just move to an offshore server and start all over
again?
But it's a good start! .......
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Mike Burgess [MVP Windows Shell\User] http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 11-04-03]
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"YoKenny" <YKnot@home.invalid> wrote in message
news:e%23%23vhMKpDHA.1284@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> "This is nothing more than a high-tech version of a classic scam," said
> Howard Beales, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection. "The
> defendants created the problem that they proposed to solve - for a fee.
> Their pop-up spam wasted computer users' time and caused them needless
> frustration."
>
> http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2003/11/dsquared.htm
>


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