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		<title><![CDATA[Vonage and spyware]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Spyware/?p=843]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[What does Vonage have to do with spyware? Ben Edelman has the answer to that question. In his usual meticulous style, Ben has documented with screenshots, packet logs and diagrams the relationship between Vonage and spyware. Vonage is caught being advertised by pop-ups from Direct Revenue, Targetsaver and others, sometimes...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jul 2006 00:10:28 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Good Read on Direct Revenue]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/threatchaos/?p=364]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Read the  Business Week article on spyware and the crackdown on Direct Revenue, the Anthrax of the Internet. They quote my $2 billion figure for the size of the spyware market.  I believe the spyware industry has slowed thanks to legal actions from Elliot Spitzer and one more...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jul 2006 11:37:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Direct Revenue plotted to hijack your computer]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Direct Revenue plotted to hijack your computerVonageIf Vonage is still actually using them, then karma is coming back to haunt Vonage after it's disastrous IPO.....  Is there a complete list of current companies using this company?  I really hate companies like these and would like to join any...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jul 2006 05:12:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Direct Revenue plotted to hijack your computer]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Spyware/?p=840]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Fascinating article here in BusinessWeek Online with never before published details about Direct Revenue's inner workings and the people involved. There are a lot of juicy tidbits, including how the Dark Arts department crafted software "torpedoes" to kill competitors', other adware vendors, software. Then CEO Joshua Abrams is quoted as...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2006 21:39:13 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Eliot Spitzer's office files against Scumware company]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/threatchaos/?p=306]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[As Suzi Turner and Greg Keizer have blogged, Eliot Spitzer's office has file an "affirmation" and a "petition" against the owners and executives of Direct Revenue.   Take a moment to read the 75 and 26 page documents and you will be sickened and entertained at the depths to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2006 15:46:26 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lawsuit against 180solutions, Direct Revenue and eXact Advertising]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-10600-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=16205&messageID=320489&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Lawsuit against 180solutions, Direct Revenue and eXact AdvertisingFinally!Hooray!  Finally somebody has realized that what these companies do is despicable.  Personally, I think it should be a crime.  Think about it.  I consider my computer screen to be my personal property.  If I go to someone's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2005 09:04:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Top 10 tricks causing spyware epidemic]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Spyware/?p=729]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Spyware tricks have become increasingly devious, making spyware and adware stick to machines longer, more difficult to remove and sometimes impossible to see with ordinary methods. In the spyware tricks series I wrote about seeing installations with multiple resuscitators, increasing numbers of randomly named files, even randomly named folders. Internet...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 08:16:50 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Will certification legitimize adware?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will certification legitimize adware?I agree to being annoyed at all hours of the day and nightLegitimate? Hardly.I don't think they understand teh Internets...Is it just blind ignorance, or baldfaced lying?Offering product A does not ensure that product b simply ceases to exist. Faulty cause and effect.Message has been deleted.What a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2005 05:32:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[April Fool joke on Halloween?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Spyware/?p=688]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[When I read this, I thought it must be a joke. Surely Mr. Maheu can't be serious.  From MediaPost,Direct Revenue challenges anti-spyware programs. [...] last week, DirectRevenue CEO Jean-Philippe Maheu indicated to OnlineMediaDaily that the company is prepared to go on the offensive, and raised the possibility that the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2005 18:53:02 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Direct Revenue makes deal with Kazaa, and according to them, they don't do spyware]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-10600-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=13856&messageID=277852&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Direct Revenue makes deal with Kazaa, and according to them, they don't do spywarehang the executive staff from their toes...and go town to town letting everyone who has ever had that crap on their comp give em a good few whacks with a baseball bat.valisNot surprisingI've never used Kazaa myself,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2005 20:42:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Direct Revenue makes deal with Kazaa, and according to them, they don't do spyware]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Spyware/?p=665]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Direct Revenue is in the news again, this time for their deal PDF with Sharman Networks' p2p file sharing application Kazaa. This comes on the heels of Tuesday's announcement about ending third party affiliate distribution.  Given Direct Revenue's reputation acquired by their well documented history of non-consensual installs, I'm...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2005 20:05:51 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Direct Revenue changing courses?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Spyware/?p=664]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[According to Direct Revenue's new CEO, Jean Philippe Maheu, the company is ending the use of third party affiliates to distribute their software. From the press release:NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 27, 2005--Direct Revenue, a leading provider of desktop advertising and behavioral marketing services, announces that it has ended the use of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2005 23:23:31 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Direct Revenue losing customers due to lawsuit]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-10600-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=13407&messageID=267706&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Direct Revenue losing customers due to lawsuitHey parasites have a right to livewell . . . NO they DON'T! :)I haven't felt this sorry for someone since...Spamford Wallace.NOT!]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2005 05:16:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Direct Revenue losing customers due to lawsuit]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Spyware/?p=656]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[I obtained court documents today of Direct Revenue's motion for a protective order filed on September 8.  In short, Direct Revenue's attorneys are asking for an order prohibiting the plaintiff from serving any additional subpoenas on their customers.  Plaintiff Stephen Sotelo has issued a number of subpoenas to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2005 17:30:06 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Analysis of ruling against Direct Revenue]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Spyware/?p=649]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Eric Goldman, Assistant Professor of Law at Marquette University Law School, has blogged a fascinating and thoughtful analysis of the decision in the class action suit against Direct Revenue announced yesterday.Downloading Software onto Home Computer May Be Trespass to Chattels--Sotelo v. DirectRevenueEric's comments about notice and disclosure are particularly interesting...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2005 19:24:55 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Judge rules in class action against Direct Revenue]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Judge rules in class action against Direct RevenueIt's about time . . .. . . that the courts were used to put an end to this.  This is company and others like it is guilty of criminal trespass, resulting in everything from annoyance up to identity theft.  Real...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2005 03:33:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Judge rules in class action against Direct Revenue]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Spyware/?p=648]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[I've been following the lawsuit filed against Direct Revenue in April. (The PDF document of the complaint can be seen here.)  Excerpt:  "A class action lawsuit claims that the Defendants are involved in installing &ldquo;spyware&rdquo; on millions of computers without the computer owners&rsquo; consent, utilizing it to track...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2005 21:43:14 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Spam bots, keyloggers, porn, adware, Direct Revenue, 180solutions]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-10600-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=13029&messageID=259435&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Spam bots, keyloggers, porn, adware, Direct Revenue, 180solutionsIrony?[i]"While doing spyware research yesterday, I was hit with a massive download of malware through an exploit and the payload included all of the above. "[/i]Surfing the net while logged on as an admin again eh? I certainly hope you were partaking in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2005 16:20:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Spam bots, keyloggers, porn, adware, Direct Revenue, 180solutions]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Spyware/?p=646]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[What do they have in common?  While doing spyware research yesterday, I was hit with a massive download of malware through an exploit and the payload included all of the above.  I blogged in detail at Spyware Warrior about the experience, including a video and logs to document...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2005 22:10:37 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Direct Revenue:  is the gig up?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-10600-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=12976&messageID=258306&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Direct Revenue:  is the gig up?testtestWhat do you call100 adware executives at the bottom of the sea? A start! ;)Ok, so just how DO you remove this crap ?MS AntiSpy doesn't work though it thinks it does.Spybot doesn't work.Adaware doesn't work either...removing crap...[b]MS AntiSpy doesn't work (though it thinks...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2005 20:26:00 -0700</pubDate>
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