Tag: zango
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Kaspersky-Zango case heralded as groundbreaking
Judge sets precedent upholding users’ rights to block badware. A lawsuit brought by adware-pusher Zango against Kaspersky Lab was dismissed last week, with the judge in the case finding that software could offer users the option to block anything that could be considered inappropriate or undesirable. The decision could set an important precedent for the…
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Amero case sent for retrial
Spyware popup teacher told earlier trial was flawed. Connecticut temporary teaching assistant Julie Amero, convicted of exposing minors to danger when a classroom computer she had been using displayed a barrage of pornography, has heard her case will be sent back to the courts after the earlier trial was found to have relied on evidence…
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Zango sues PC Tools for $35 million
‘Reformed’ adware shippers upset by detection and removal. Adware and sometime spyware maker Zango has brought a suit against anti-spyware firm PC Tools complaining that the Spyware Doctor product, a pared-down version of which is included in the freely available Google Pack set of utilities provided by Google , overestimates the dangers of the Zango…