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FTC Fines Zango $3 Million 77

Posted by Zonk on Saturday November 04, 2006 @02:34PM from the better-than-a-kick-in-the-pants dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Wired is reporting that government regulators have fined rogue adware distributor Zango (formerly 180Solutions) $3 million. This is 'following charges that the company deceived internet users into installing its pop-up software and tried to prevent them from uninstalling it.' ZDNet mentions that 'Zango's executives pointed a finger elsewhere, claiming that the federal violations were due to third-party distributors rather than the software manufacturer itself.' Security researchers are still happily finding examples of Zango software being popped open in rogue distributions such as IM worms. Ben Edelman is claiming to have more evidence of their dubious business practices, casting into question their claims of newfound affiliate responsibility."

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by mondoterrifico on Saturday November 04, 2006 @02:13PM

Submission + - Internet Explorer 7 Pushed As Windows Update

Submitted by

Spacetime_slashdot

on Saturday November 04, 2006 @01:43PM

Spacetime_slashdot writes: "Internet Explorer 7 was just pushed as a Windows Update.

(No link, just something I noticed.)"

Submission + - Internet Webcams installed on Texas/Mexico Border

Submitted by Anonymous Immigrant on Saturday November 04, 2006 @01:34PM

Anonymous Immigrant writes: Texas recently installed Internet viewable surveillance cameras on the Mexican border as a part of their Border Watch program. They have provided this "to stress the system by providing public access to numerous surveillance cameras. Thank you for helping test this important capability." So I figured Slashdot might be able to help out. Login is required — try borderwatch@gmail.com/X9kn2M4c — and they require Internet Exploder, plus a plug-in from E-Watch.

After all that, you get a screen with thumbnails from nine webcams that you can then click on to get live footage — update rate appears to be a couple of frames/second. They go on to say "If you should notice any suspicious activity while viewing the camera images please notify the State by selecting the "Report Suspicious Activity" button under the camera view."

I watched for a while, but it was about as exciting as watching grass grow. Will this be an effective tool in "securing the border for the people of Texas?"

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by 500Weasels on Saturday November 04, 2006 @11:53AM

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