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- Vonage and spyware
- 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...
- Tags: Vonage Holdings Corp., spyware
- Blog posts 2006-07-18
- Direct Revenue plotted to hijack your computer
- 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...
- Tags: Direct-Revenue, Direct, Direct Revenue
- Blog posts 2006-07-06
- Top 10 tricks causing spyware epidemic
- 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...
- Tags: spyware, Direct-Revenue
- Blog posts 2005-12-20
- April Fool joke on Halloween?
- 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...
- Tags: Jean-Philippe Maheu, Direct-Revenue, Direct, Direct Revenue
- Blog posts 2005-10-31
- Direct Revenue makes deal with Kazaa, and according to them, they don't do spyware
- 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...
- Tags: Best Offer
- Blog posts 2005-10-02
- Direct Revenue changing courses?
- 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...
- Tags: Direct-Revenue, Direct, Direct Revenue
- Blog posts 2005-09-28
- Direct Revenue losing customers due to lawsuit
- 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...
- Tags: Direct-Revenue, Direct, Direct Revenue
- Blog posts 2005-09-14
- Analysis of ruling against Direct Revenue
- 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...
- Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, adware company, adware, Direct Revenue, analysis
- Blog posts 2005-09-01
- Judge rules in class action against Direct Revenue
- 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 “spyware” on millions of computers without the computer owners’ consent, utilizing it to track...
- Tags: computer, Direct-Revenue, Direct Revenue
- Blog posts 2005-08-31
- Spam bots, keyloggers, porn, adware, Direct Revenue, 180solutions
- 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...
- Tags: adware, Direct-Revenue, spyware, Direct, Direct Revenue
- Blog posts 2005-08-29
- Direct Revenue: is the gig up?
- ClickZ News Blog reports that Direct Revenue and subsidiary Soho Digital have laid off 40 employees. ClickZ is asking is this the end of the age of adware? Are the layoff perhaps related to the "torrent of negative PR"? Yes, indeed, there has been plenty of negative...
- Tags: Aurora, Direct-Revenue, Direct, Direct Revenue
- Blog posts 2005-08-26
- Direct Revenue changing tactics?
- According to Newsweek's interview with Direct Revenue's new CEO, Jean-Philippe Maheu, the company is still working hard to reform. Direct Revenue has been much maligned and referred to as the scourge of the internet. Is their reputation deserved? Maheu admits there have been problems. He...
- Tags: Jean-Philippe Maheu, Direct-Revenue, Direct, Direct Revenue
- Blog posts 2005-08-18
Additional Resources
- iPhone tethering rumored
- When I travel I carry a second phone alongside my iPhone – for one reason. Tethering. I need to be able to get online wherever I am and Wi-Fi isn't exactly ubiquitous and free Wi-Fi seems to be getting scarcer with each passing day. To make matters...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Apple Inc., 3G, Wireless LANs, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Cellular Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Comcast sets 250GB ceiling
- Now, it's official. Comcast will impose a 250GB monthly cap on its Internet customers, as the SF Chronicle reports. Violators will get a notice and a warning. If you do it twice in a six-month period, they may terminate your account. What's more, Comcast...
- Tags: Comcast Corp., Corporate Communications, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Marketing, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Novell: Quietly developing some momentum
- Novell's fiscal third quarter was notable for reasons beyond Linux sales and its core product line. Novell's most recent quarter was the sixth consecutive one that topped expectations. That consistency may mark the days where Novell becomes something more than an afterthought. Now it's no coincidence that...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Linux, Operational Accounting, Operating Systems, Open Source, UNIX, Software, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Microsoft to bolster Live Search in Europe with Greenfield acquisition
- Microsoft said Friday that it will acquire Greenfield Online, which owns Ciao, a price comparison, shopping and reviews site in Europe, for $17.50 a share, or $486 million. The goal: Expand Live Search in Europe. Greenfield Online, which also owns an Internet survey business, will be split...
- Tags: Acquisition, Europe, Microsoft Live Search, Microsoft Corp., Survey, Ciao, Survey Business, Marketing Research, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Windows 7 pricing thoughts - Is Windows too expensive?
- Windows 7 pricing thoughts - Is Windows too expensive?It is an apt comparison>Your Ubunutu/Vista comparison doesn't pass the common sense test. Think about what you can get with Ubuntu-- Compiz Fusion for eye candy, drive encryption, MythTV DVR app, OpenOffice.org, ect. You have to get Ultimate Windows to get all...
- Tags: Construction, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), pricing strategy, window, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- Dell: Turnaround interuptus as share grab hurts net, margins
- Dell's second quarter earnings fell short of projections, but revenue was well ahead of targets. Translation: Dell is gaining share at the expense of its bottom line as price competition heats up. Dell reported fiscal second quarter earnings of 31 cents a share on revenue of $16.4...
- Tags: Revenue, Dell Computer Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Google, Mozilla extend search box deal
- That little Google search box in the upper right part of your Firefox browser will be sticking around through 2011, according to Mozilla. Mitchell Baker, Chairwoman of the Mozilla Foundation or Chief Lizard Wrangler depending on what you prefer, said in a blog post that Google has...
- Tags: Google Inc., Financial, Mozilla Corp., Web Browsers, Financial Accounting, Operational Accounting, Internet, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Sprint unveils location-based 'geobrowsing' on eve of WiMax launch
- With the launch of its long-hyped WiMax service XOHM scheduled to debut in September in Baltimore, on Thursday Sprint announced a set of location-based personalization features that will enhance the user experience of WiMax subscribers by allowing them to, for example, quickly look up restaurants, check traffic and weather, and...
- Tags: Sprint Xohm, Privacy, Sprint Communications, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
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