Yahoo Sued for Spyware, Typosquatting-Based Ads 88
An anonymous reader writes to mention a Yahoo! suit involving allegations of spyware and typosquatting-based ads. From the article: "The suit claims that Yahoo displayed these advertisers' online ads via spyware and adware products and on so-called 'typosquatter' Web sites that capitalize on misspellings of popular trademarks or company names. Potentially more explosive is the plaintiff's claim that Yahoo regularly uses its relationship with adware and typosquatting sites to gin up extra revenue around earnings time, alleging that the company is conspiring to boost revenue by partnering with some of the Internet's seamier characters."
Interesting (Score:4, Interesting)
Google ads at least are text and off to the side. Whether or not they are promoting typosquatting or not they are easy to ignore.
Re:Google and Yahoo - banging the same dirty whore (Score:3, Interesting)
Google isn't innocent either (Score:2, Interesting)
Crying about thing's we knew (Score:3, Interesting)
Would someone sue Adobe? (Score:3, Interesting)
de-selecting the yahoo tools option in the install has no effect!
(FYI DLing the 56k version of the reader seems to cut out most of the bloat)