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FTC Says Anti-Spyware Vendor Shut Down Fri Mar 11, 4:31 PM ET [...] The makers of Spyware Assassin tried to scare consumers into buying software through pop-up ads and e-mail that warned their computers had been infected with malicious monitoring software, the Federal Trade Commission said. Free spyware scans offered by Spokane, Washington-based MaxTheater Inc. turned up evidence of spyware even on machines that were entirely clean, and its $29.95 Spyware Assassin program did not actually remove spyware, the FTC said. A U.S. court has ordered the company and its owner, Thomas Delanoy, to suspend its activities until a court hearing on Tuesday. The company could be required to give back all the money it made from selling Spyware Assassin. __ Comment: LOL! Jeff C. -- Jeff Chan mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.surbl.org/
