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- 180solutions plus Hotbar equals...
- They tied the knot today, that is, 180solution and Hotbar. The new (?) name is Zango. The folks at VitalSecurity think the new entity should have been named ZangoBar. I think it has a nice ring.From the Seattle P-I:The merger is not about cost savings, Baur said, but "about growth...
- Tags: Zango, Hotbar
- Blog posts 2006-06-07
- Warner Bros. partners with 180solutions
- This news came as a shock to me. From Media Post:AN ONLINE COMPANY THAT HAS been asked to clean up its act, is now using a soap - and other programming - to market controversial adware software to consumers. 180solutions has quietly begun offering streams of two Warner Bros shows...
- Tags: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-05-14
- 180solutions sponsors Yapbrowser and... child porn?
- My head is swimming and I feel ill. I just read the blogs about 180solutions' latest -- Yapbrowser, installed from 180's servers no less, that directs all search requests to child porn sites. And this from a company that has made countless claims of cleaning up their act....
- Tags: Yapbrowser
- Blog posts 2006-04-17
- 180solutions on the move, literally
- Wayne Porter, blogging at ReveNews, is reporting on speculation that 180solutions, the infamous adware company that's been under fire by the CDT Center for Democracy and Technololgy and anti-spyware groups for at least 2 years, has been cleaning house, as in moving out of their offices in Bellevue, Washington. Wayne...
- Tags: Center for Democracy and Technology, 180Solutions
- Blog posts 2006-03-31
- Advertisers using badware: who are they?
- The CDT (Center for Democracy & Technology) followed the money trail and they, along with Ben Edelman, are telling names. From the CDT:Large well-respected companies are helping to fund the virulent spread of unwanted and potentially harmful "adware" by paying for advertisements generated by those programs, a new report...
- Tags: advertisement, Center for Democracy and Technology
- Blog posts 2006-03-20
- 180solutions wrap up
- Last week 180solutions was in the news again due to another nonconsensual installation discovered and blogged by Ben Edelman. I wrote about it here and here but didn't get a chance due to traveling again to blog the rest of the story. 180 blogged their "mea culpa" admitting the first...
- Tags: 180Solutions
- Blog posts 2006-02-27
- 180solutions responds - questions need answers
- Yesterday I reported on another nonconsensual install of 180solutions that was discovered and blogged by spyware expert Ben Edelman. Some might wonder why the big deal - after all, 180solutions has a long history of illegal forced installations and problematic business practices as documented in the CDT's 91 page complaint...
- Tags: 180Solutions
- Blog posts 2006-02-21
- 180solutions' S3 technology broken?
- According to Ben Edelman, the answer is yes. Ben has blogged about another nonconsensual installation of 180's Zango software at an unnamed website. There's a video, too. The install goes something like this - Ben is surfing around and clicks on an ad that redirects him to...
- Tags: Zango, Ben, 180Solutions
- Blog posts 2006-02-20
- Lawsuit against Zone Labs dropped by 180solutions
- Readers might remember about two months ago, adware company 180solutions filed a lawsuit against security vendor Zone Labs for labeling 180's software as "high risk" and reporting that it monitors and records keystrokes. Now 180solutions has dropped the lawsuit since Zone Labs has reportedly downgraded the risk level of 180's...
- Tags: 180Solutions
- Blog posts 2006-01-30
- 180solutions responds to CDT complaint - I think?
- Just a few days ago, the Center for Democracy & Technology CDT filed a lengthy, detailed complaint with the Federal Trade Commission FTC about 180's sordid 2 year history of documented installs without notice or consent via exploits, alleged deceptive and unfair business practices, and so on, in 91 pages....
- Tags: 180Solutions
- Blog posts 2006-01-27
- Reactions to CDT's action against 180solutions and CJB.net
- There were a number of interesting articles and comments around the web about the CDT's complaint filed yesterday against adware company 180solutions and CJB.net. News.com's Joris Evers has a good outline and 180solutions representative Sean Sundwall's reaction. Company spokesman Sean Sundwall said that 180solutions has not yet reviewed the...
- Tags: Center for Democracy and Technology, 180Solutions
- Blog posts 2006-01-24
- CDT pulls the trigger on 180solutions and CJB.net for deceptive and unfair business practices
- The Center for Democracy & Technology CDT has just announced complaints filed with the Federal Trade Commission FTC against adware company 180solutions and its partner CJB.net. From the press release, which can be found here PDF:In a detailed complaint, CDT outlines a pattern whereby 180Solutions, through a complicated web of...
- Tags: CJB.net, 180Solutions
- Blog posts 2006-01-23
- Ben Edelman responds to 180solutions
- Is DollIdol.com a site targeted to kids? Ben Edelman wrote about it as an example of another 180solutions misleading installation. Besides 180solutions targeting a site aimed at kids, other problems were noted with the installation including poor disclosure, misleading statements and omissions of relevant facts. I blogged about Ben's...
- Tags: Sean Sundwall, 180Solutions
- Blog posts 2006-01-16
- 180solutions installation practices under fire
- Spyware/adware expert Ben Edelman shows in detail how the best of 180solutions' installations leave a lot to be desired even as 180 touts its new S3 technology and installation practices.Just a few days ago, we had yet another report of a naughty affiliate distributing 180solutions software by an AIM worm...
- Tags: 180Solutions
- Blog posts 2006-01-09
- AIM users targeted again by IM worm, rootkit and adware
- Hot off the press -- another IM worm is making the rounds, targeting AIM users and leaving a nasty payload of rootkits, trojans and adware including 180solutions and Zango. Research experts at FaceTime Security LabsTM, the threat research division of FaceTime Communications, identified and reported a new threat today affecting...
- Tags: rootkit, IM, AOL Instant Messenger
- Blog posts 2006-01-06
- Lawsuit against 180solutions, Direct Revenue and eXact Advertising
- Hot off the press at SunbeltBLOG:We received a tip from a researcher in the spyware community that there was a lawsuit against 180Solutions, DirectRevenue and eXact Advertising. The problem is that it was filed in a small county in California and thus required a bit of work to get....
- Tags: software, eXact Advertising, 180Solutions
- Blog posts 2005-12-20
- 180solutions rebuttal
- Today has been quiet in the 180solutions news department. There are still a few points to be made from the last 2 days, so here goes. In yesterday's talkbacks, Mr. Sundwall of 180solutions wrote:Suzi. Please visit our blog, read this entry and answer the questions. http://blog.180solutions.com/PermaLink,guid,0b685813-78a3-4c82-a565-7afc5df011f8.aspxWhy is it you and...
- Tags: WhenU, 180Solutions
- Blog posts 2005-12-08
- Where have we heard this before?
- Every time I read another news article about 180solutions like this one, I have deja vu. Fewer people will unwittingly download advertising software from adware maker 180solutions, the company said Tuesday as it launched a new software product that detects fraud more effectively than earlier offerings. Another article here describes...
- Tags: 180Solutions
- Blog posts 2005-12-07
- What does 180solutions have in common with racism, comedy and the long tail?
- Plenty apparently, except racism is never funny in my opinion. Security site CastleCops discovered the Amazing Racist website sponsored by Zango. The Amazing Racist is apparently a comedian of sorts and even goes around wearing a KKK outfit. The website theamazingracist.net says "The Amazing Racist has partnered with Zango...
- Tags: 180Solutions
- Blog posts 2005-12-06
- Roundup at the 180 corral
- I was out of town all day yesterday and missed many wonderful 180solutions blogging opportunities. My fellow zealot bloggers have kept the fires burning, however. I previously blogged about the 180solutions lawsuit against ZoneLabs. The complaint centers around Zone Labs labeling of 180's software as "high risk" and "trying...
- Tags: Zone Labs Inc., 180Solutions
- Blog posts 2005-12-06
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