Microsoft, FTC Sue Spyware Distributor
14th Nov 2006, 22:52 GMT
The Federal Trade Commission said Monday that a court has shut down a spyware operation run by ERG Ventures, which installed malware on millions of consumers' computers. Microsoft followed up the news Tuesday by filing its own lawsuit against the individual behind the company, Timothy P. Taylor.
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