Adware company Zango loses again in US court

[ronjor]

{QUOTE-> Zango, an adware company, which was formerly known as 180solutions and subsequently merged with Hotbar to become Zango, has again lost an action against an anti-virus software company in a US court. The District Court of Washington in Seattle rejected the suit brought against Kaspersky Labs, in which Zango demanded that its adware be classified as non-threatening. <-QUOTE}Story (http://www.heise-security.co.uk/news/95526/)

[HiTech_boy]

{QUOTE-> Zango demanded that its adware be classified as non-threatening <-QUOTE}

Are they kidding ;D

Thanks , Ron

[ccsito]

You have to protect your revenue sources. :dry:
I sort of see their point in that if they are distributing their ads and other tidbits all over the WWW, they should be considered as "harmless junk mail" when they don't trash people's PCs. However, I also see the right for any software author to filter out what it perceives to be "annoying but harmless" as well. :P

[ronjor]

Perspective: A turn in the antispyware war?{QUOTE-> In a case that threatened to undermine the effectiveness of antispyware technology, a federal court last month sided with consumers when it ruled that companies can't be sued for providing Internet users with effective tools to protect themselves against online threats. <-QUOTE}Article (http://www.news.com/A-turn-in-the-antispyware-war/2010-7350_3-6211302.html?)

[ccsito]

{QUOTE-> But the single most important factor in getting the spyware threat under control has been the profusion of powerful, effective technologies designed to help users protect themselves against online threats <-QUOTE}

Otherwise, the internet could be solely consisting of zombie computers across the entire planet. :o :wacko: