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		<title><![CDATA[Notorious spyware purveyor shuts down]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=608]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Less than a year after successfully negotiating a US$1.5 million wrist-slap to to settle charges that it used sneaky tactics to install spyware on millions of computers, DirectRevenue also known as  Best Offers has shut down operations.    The notorious spyware vendor, reviled for shady installation practices,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:19:06 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Apparently crime does pay]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/web2explorer/?p=330]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The FTC has settled with evil Adware company DirectRevenue for $1.5 million dollars via Internetnews. The outrageous part of this story is that this leaves DirectRevenue about $20 million dollars that it made from infecting computers around the world with their crappy malware, disguised as screensavers, games, and utilities. These...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2007 07:17:17 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[DirectRevenue's dirty money]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-10600-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=19861&messageID=382228&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[DirectRevenue's dirty moneyWhat about Google?How the heck did they escape your trained editorial investigative eye.  Would think your readers would like to know that this company that espouses "Do No Evil" in their company principles is a customer at Direct Revenueyes they paidout _millions_So where does there money come...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2006 14:32:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[DirectRevenue's dirty money]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Spyware/?p=810]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[I wrote about DirectRevenue's dirty laundry and summarized some of the findings from the court documents from the NY State Attorney General's lawsuit against DirectRevenue.  All of the documents are posted at Ben Edelman's site here with his comments. DirectRevenue's finances are most interesting -- they were making tons...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2006 12:01:57 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[DirectRevenue's dirty laundry is out of the closet and does it ever stink]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Spyware/?p=809]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Two days ago DirectRevenue was hit with a lawsuit by New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer. The 76 page Affirmation of Justin Brookman PDF outlined the outrageous practices of DirectRevenue including evidence of their knowledge that the software was being installed without user consent, evidence showing DirectRevenue was closely...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2006 22:29:09 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Another bad day for DirectRevenue - lawsuit by NY State AG]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-10600-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=19621&messageID=376776&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Another bad day for DirectRevenue - lawsuit by NY State AGSpitzer - Uh Oh, they are in trouble nowThis guy means business and he has taken a lot of bad guys to the woodshed. Go Spitzer, Go!]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2006 15:04:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Another bad day for DirectRevenue - lawsuit by NY State AG]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Spyware/?p=808]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Another lawsuit against DirectRevenue, announced today by the New York State Attorney General's office. From the press release:The suit against the Direct Revenue company seeks a court order enjoining the firm from secretly installing spyware or sending ads through already-installed spyware. The suit also asks the court to compel the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2006 13:43:17 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[DirectRevenue settles class action lawsuit]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-10600-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=18851&messageID=364339&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[DirectRevenue settles class action lawsuitMessage has been deleted.clarificationHi, Suzi:In a note to me this afternoon, David Fish (of The Collins Law Firm, P.C.) wished to make something very clear regarding DirectRevenue's control over distributors.  That being… "One of the main reasons that we agreed to the settlement relates to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:52:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[DirectRevenue settles class action lawsuit]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Spyware/?p=792]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Announced today  -- adware company DirectRevenue has settled the lawsuit brought last April as a class action in the state of Illinois. DirectRevenue has been under fire for its installation through exploits, making its software next to impossible to remove by usual methods, bundling adware/spyware, using deceptive business practices....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2006 11:55:33 -0800</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[Adware on Bittorrent]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Spyware/?p=559]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Adware distributors have seeded the Bittorrent network with their wares, calling into question adware makers claims of clamping down on affiliates. Many different types of files get downloaded over Bittorrent, from Linux distributions to copyright infringing media files. Now, a few of the latter have included adware from DirectRevenue and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2005 16:28:06 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A more secure IE]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Spyware/?p=550]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft showed its interest in stopping spyware by buying Giant Antispyware, then releasing the software under its own brand. Now, the company announced it will make the next generation of its browser less vulnerable to drive-by spyware downloads. Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) will not allow the kinds of stealth installs...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2005 10:09:27 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[DirectRevenue attempts reform]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DirectRevenue attempts reformIt's a matter of Trust..Yeah, I got that "Nail.exe" on a user's computer. Glad to know where it came from now. I had to get it out of the filesystem and registry. Ididots - the LAST person I will give my credit card number to, is some company...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2005 07:55:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[DirectRevenue attempts reform]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Spyware/?p=446]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[As reported at Spyware Warrior, DirectRevenue has begun its reform effort, releasing a new version of its software. And according to forum posts around the Internet, this new version is causing unwanted pop-up advertisements and slowing down computers. The specific program names that keep coming up are nail.exe, aurora.exe, and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2005 15:13:12 -0700</pubDate>
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