FTC charges company with using Windows to spam with pop-up ads

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First can-spam charges brought

First can-spam charges brought 04/29/2004 01:28 PM
US prosecutors announced the first charges brought under the can-spam law. Four people are charged with felony counts after sending millions of ads for a weight loss patch.

U.S. Charges 4 Under New Anti-Spam Law

U.S. Charges 4 Under New Anti-Spam Law 04/28/2004 09:30 PM
San Jose Mercury News Apr 29 2004 1:42AM GMT

U.S. Charges 4 Under New Anti-Spam Law
(AP)

U.S. Charges 4 Under New Anti-Spam Law
(AP) 04/28/2004 06:57 PM
AP - U.S. authorities charged four people in Detroit on Wednesday with e-mailing fraudulent sales pitches for weight-loss products, the first criminal prosecutions under the government's new "can spam" legislation.

U.S. charges four under new anti-spam
law

U.S. charges four under new anti-spam
law 04/28/2004 08:10 PM

Spam charges filed

Spam charges filed 12/12/2003 03:17 AM
USA Today Dec 12 2003 2:02AM ET

Virginia arrests man on spam charges

Virginia arrests man on spam charges 12/12/2003 10:29 AM
Virginia authorities said on Thursday they had arrested and charged a North Carolina man for sending “spam” e-mail in the first use of a new state law that could bring penalties of up to 20 years in prison.

Felony spam charges filed

Felony spam charges filed 12/12/2003 03:17 AM
USA Today Dec 12 2003 2:10AM ET

Virginia charges two under new anti-spam
law

Virginia charges two under new anti-spam
law 12/11/2003 06:09 PM
SiliconValley.com Dec 11 2003 4:25PM ET

Other News: Florida Spam Charges

Other News: Florida Spam Charges 04/05/2005 12:04 PM
Florida charges Scott J. Filary and Donald E. Townsend with gross abuse via spam.

AOL employee arrested on spam charges

AOL employee arrested on spam charges 06/24/2004 08:11 AM
An employee of America Online Inc. (AOL) was arrested Wednesday for stealing AOL user screen names and selling them to an unsolicited commercial (spam) e-mail operation, AOL said in a statement.

Orange charges users for own MMS spam

Orange charges users for own MMS spam 12/02/2003 08:42 AM
vnunet.com Dec 2 2003 7:54AM ET

Virginia files felony spam charges

Virginia files felony spam charges 12/11/2003 06:07 PM
The state's attorney general announces that a North Carolina resident was the first person to be charged under Virginia's antispam law.

Bulk e-mail charges may be next blow vs.
spam

Bulk e-mail charges may be next blow vs.
spam 12/21/2003 01:23 AM
Boston Globe Dec 21 2003 0:12AM ET

U.S. Hits Four with Criminal Anti-Spam
Charges

U.S. Hits Four with Criminal Anti-Spam
Charges 04/30/2004 06:29 AM
Boston Globe Apr 30 2004 10:25AM GMT

US Charges AOL Worker Sold Customer List
for Spam

US Charges AOL Worker Sold Customer List
for Spam 06/23/2004 07:14 PM
Things that do not happen at MSN category...

U.S. Charges AOL Worker Sold Customer
List for Spam

U.S. Charges AOL Worker Sold Customer
List for Spam 06/23/2004 11:56 PM
Boston Globe Jun 24 2004 4:25AM GMT

U.S. Hits Four with Criminal Anti-Spam
Charges (Reuters)

U.S. Hits Four with Criminal Anti-Spam
Charges (Reuters) 04/29/2004 01:23 PM
Reuters - U.S. authorities said Thursday they had arrested two e-mail marketers and were searching for two others in the government's first use of a new law designed to crack down on "spam" e-mail.

AOL Worker Sold Customer List for Spam,
U.S. Charges (Reuters)

AOL Worker Sold Customer List for Spam,
U.S. Charges (Reuters) 06/23/2004 03:51 PM
Reuters - U.S. investigators said on Wednesday they had arrested an America Online employee for stealing the Internet provider's customer list and selling it to a purveyor of "spam" e-mail.

Now We Need A Company To Tell Us When
Our Email Is Spam Too

Now We Need A Company To Tell Us When
Our Email Is Spam Too 01/09/2004 09:50 PM
It's really quite impressive how many other businesses spam has generated. There are all the anti-spam companies, and now there's even a company that will monitor if your (one assumes) legitimate email is being called spam. Return Path has a bunch of email accounts at major ISPs and signed up for various spam blocking services. They also monitor all the various blacklists - and will alert you (if you're a big company and you pay them money) if your emails are getting stopped by a spam blocker. They'll also tell you why and make suggestions on how to de-spamify your email. Anyone else think things are getting even more ridiculous when you have to pay a company to make sure your perfectly legitimate email isn't being blocked?

The Anti-Spam Company Conflict

The Anti-Spam Company Conflict 11/05/2003 01:14 PM
You always have to wonder about businesses that are based on the premise that, if they're really successfully in what they do, you won't need them any more. That's certainly the case with anti-spam companies, who are apparently making pretty good money these days. While I'm sure that the vast majority of them do mean well, and plenty of their tools work very well in stamping out spam - you do have to wonder about their incentives to really stop spam. If spam were stopped, then these companies wouldn't have much of a reason for being in business any more. In other words, the more successful they are, the less successful they will be. That's a tough business proposition for any company.

Company warns of bugged spam messages

Company warns of bugged spam messages 04/13/2004 03:41 PM
Hidden code in e-mail messages is increasingly being used to track the success of unsolicited commercial ("spam") e-mail campaigns, according to a warning by an antispam technology company on Tuesday.

New Company Provides Spam Elimination
Services Without Using Filters

New Company Provides Spam Elimination
Services Without Using Filters 07/09/2004 03:42 AM
Email in Focus provides spam protection for existing email addresses with higher accuracy and less cost. [PRWEB Jul 9, 2004]

Microsoft Sues Webhosting Company Over
Spam

Microsoft Sues Webhosting Company Over
Spam 09/24/2004 11:38 AM
"This is the first action against a Web host catering to spammers," Kornblum said, "they're providing a safe place for spammers to drive customers to."

Symantec to buy anti-spam company
(SiliconValley.com)

Symantec to buy anti-spam company
(SiliconValley.com) 05/20/2004 08:47 AM
SiliconValley.com - Symantec, seeking to broaden its software technology to battle the growing flood of junk e-mail, announced Wednesday that it is paying $370 million in cash for anti-spam company Brightmail.

Microsoft Suing Spam Hosting Company

Microsoft Suing Spam Hosting Company 09/23/2004 11:28 PM
The latest in a long line of anti-spam lawsuits filed by Microsoft targets one of those companies claiming to offer "bulletproof" spam hosting via servers in China. Apparently, we'll find out if bulletproof also means lawsuit proof. If Microsoft can get this company taken offline, expect to see many more similar lawsuits targeting these companies.

AOL Buys Anti-Spam Company Mailblocks
(washingtonpost.com)

AOL Buys Anti-Spam Company Mailblocks
(washingtonpost.com) 08/04/2004 09:54 PM
washingtonpost.com - America Online Inc. said yesterday it has bought a small Silicon Valley e-mail company in a move that could boost the use of an anti-spam technology that many experts regard as the most effective in blocking unwanted messages.

Company develops way to prevent spam
over internet telephony!

Company develops way to prevent spam
over internet telephony! 09/26/2004 11:20 AM
Webindia123 Sep 26 2004 2:38PM GMT

MSFT buys spam company, sues the
competition, silences political
activists

MSFT buys spam company, sues the
competition, silences political
activists 07/30/2004 12:12 PM
My cow-orker Annalee Newitz has posted a great editorial on the latest court battles over spam, pointing out the weird, anticompetitive and anti-speech aspects of the spam fight.

Microsoft is developing what it calls Bonded Sender, a program that would supposedly separate "legitimate" Internet marketers and bulk mailers from spammers. Working with a California company called IronPort, Microsoft will create a white list of Internet marketers who have paid a fee and demonstrated that they have no record of spamming. Companies participating in the Bonded Sender program will be allowed to send their email ads to HotMail and MSN users.

Given Microsoft's investment in the Bonded Sender program, it seems they may soon be in the business of serving as middlemen between emailer marketers and their webmail users. In other words, it sounds like the software megacorp is about to start competing with Richter. Of course, Microsoft could always call off its suit if Richter claims to have been rehabilitated -- and he pays his Bonded Sender fees!

In the spam wars, sometimes it's hard to tell the spammers from the antispammers.

The situation gets even more complicated when you consider the fact that Microsoft will do more than pick and choose winners in the junk email business. Bonded Sender will punish most the people who aren't even sending advertisements -- groups like Internet activists MoveOn.org, who send out millions of emails to alert their members to upcoming political events and issues. If these groups don't pay their Bonded Sender fees, HotMail simply won't deliver their email -- regardless of whether users have specifically opted in to receive it.

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Energy Company Refutes Windows TCO
Claims

Energy Company Refutes Windows TCO
Claims 02/10/2004 10:33 AM

Microsoft PDC: Company shifts policy on
security for Windows

Microsoft PDC: Company shifts policy on
security for Windows 10/31/2003 04:58 AM
Seattle Times Oct 31 2003 3:41AM ET

FTC cracks down on Windows Messenger
spam

FTC cracks down on Windows Messenger
spam 11/10/2003 11:12 PM
The FTC moves to block spammers from using the Windows Messenger service

Infected Windows PCs Now Source Of 80%
Of Spam

Infected Windows PCs Now Source Of 80%
Of Spam 06/08/2004 07:25 AM

Spam, spam, spam, spam ... Canada
targets unwanted email (AFP)

Spam, spam, spam, spam ... Canada
targets unwanted email (AFP) 05/12/2004 04:17 AM
AFP - Canada unveiled a new action plan to combat unsolicited commercial e-mail, nicknamed spam, which jams inboxes and clogs Internet traffic worldwide.

FTC stops one form of Windows Messenger
service spam

FTC stops one form of Windows Messenger
service spam 08/10/2004 04:04 PM
The Federal Trade Commission has struck a blow against those who use the Windows Messenger Service to send spam. San Diego-based D Squared had been targeted by the FTC for possible abuses of consumer protection laws.

Finance Spam Passing Drug Spam While
Porn Spam Is Washed Up

Finance Spam Passing Drug Spam While
Porn Spam Is Washed Up 05/24/2004 05:37 PM
The latest study on spam trends appears to show that financial spam is outpacing pharmaceutical spam - though, honestly, so much of both is coming out that it's really hard to imagine that this matters at all. Meanwhile, it seems that porn spam is increasingly less interesting to spammers as the numbers have been on a noticeable decline for quite some time. No matter what, though, it appears that CAN-SPAM has done absolutely nothing to slow down the amount of spam sent.

Critical Update for Windows Media Player
(All Versions) for Windows 2000, Windows
XP, and Windows Server 2003 (KB828026)

Critical Update for Windows Media Player
(All Versions) for Windows 2000, Windows
XP, and Windows Server 2003 (KB828026) 02/11/2004 01:19 AM
When a content owner creates an audio or video stream, they can add script commands (such as URL script commands and custom script commands) to be encoded in the stream. When the stream is played back, the script commands can trigger events in an embedded player program, or they can open your browser and then navigate to a Web page. This behavior is by design

Windows Media Player (All Versions) for
Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows
Server 2003 (KB832353)

Windows Media Player (All Versions) for
Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows
Server 2003 (KB832353) 04/22/2004 01:20 AM
After applying the Update for Windows Media Player Script Commands (KB828026), some URL script commands do not fire even though they would be expected to do so. In addition to the URL script command issues, this package addresses an issue with the installer that would cause 100% CPU utilization in certain scenarios.

Search Engine Marketing Company Buys
Santa Fe, New Mexico Web Development
Company

Search Engine Marketing Company Buys
Santa Fe, New Mexico Web Development
Company 03/30/2005 04:01 AM
Trafficdeveloper LLC, a Santa Fe, NM based search marketing company, is pleased to announce they have recently purchased Panorama Point Corporation, a well known Santa Fe, New Mexico based Web Development firm. [PRWEB Mar 30, 2005]

From spam drops to spam spray to spam
stream

From spam drops to spam spray to spam
stream 06/05/2004 07:31 PM
I am now getting 2,000+ spams a day. There are 1,440 minutes in a day The rate of incoming spams is therefore getting close to the interval it takes me to check my email and dispose of a single spam: By the time I'm done checking, more spam has arrived. That is the point at which the spam droplets form a continuous stream. And that is the point at which no interval of my life will ever be spam-free again....
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