Mike Temporale
11-14-2005, 04:30 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3563531' target='_blank'>http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3563531</a><br /><br /></div><i>"A Los Angeles District Court ordered three Web marketing companies to cease and desist an operation using the lure of free ringtones and browser updates to download spyware and adware to users' computers. At the request of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the court also ordered a halt to the deceptive downloads of a marketing affiliate that helped spread malicious software by offering free background music for blogs."</i><br /><br />This should come as no surprise to people here, but I thought it was a good chance to remind everyone about being careful about where you download content from. Keep your virus and spyware definitions up-to-date. It's nice to see the FCC take a stand and shutdown some of these sites. :D