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Firm Sued for Spyware Scare
Posted by: Tweaker
Date added: 22:37, 25th January 2006 GMT
Source: Red Herring
Washington state files suit against Secure Computer alleging it misled users into buying its anti-spyware product.
With help from Microsoft, Washington state filed a lawsuit Wednesday against a company that allegedly used spam and misleading advertising to frighten users into purchasing its spyware cleaner product, making it the first legal action under the states Computer Spyware Act enacted last year.
The Washington State Attorney General alleges that Secure Computer, its president Paul E. Burke, and others associated with the company offered consumers a free computer scan and then mislabeled software on their computer as spyware to frighten them into purchasing the cleaner product.
The 16-count lawsuit said that when users visited the site and consented to have their computers hard disk scanned, the scan results labeled innocuous filessuch as harmless tracking cookies and Microsofts operating system registry keysas spyware infections. Spyware is malicious software that can be used to steal personal information or track user behavior. Secure Computer also categorized the results as having either high risk or extreme risk. The site advised users to purchase Secure Computers Spyware Cleaner to remove the files. New York-based Secure Computer could not be reached for comment.
Microsoft offered technical information and analysis to help the Attorney Generals office file a case. The Redmond-based software company has also filed its own lawsuit against Secure Computer.
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