Posted on March 17th, 2008 at 2:04 pm by Avatar
An Arizona man is facing charges of violations against the Computer Spyware Act and the Consumer Protection Act in Washington due to his offering of pop-up blocking software after first flooding his victims with tons of them. Call it creating your own market, the ploy however creative is one of the most damaging attacks in the It industry and is slated to be costing millions in lost dollars due to wasted resources. Spam and Pop-up’s, most of which are unsolicited can cause disruption to work in the office or home. Offering a tool for their removal, right after an intensive barrage that has your screen teeming with small windows is indeed the best time to offer such a product. As you install the removal/prevention tool, it bombards your pc with tons more of the same pop-up’s which just happened to be made by the accused man’s company itself.