Zango Accused Of Deceiving MySpace Users
Users of MySpace who find a link to a video and press the Play button may have just agreed to install adware from 180solutions' Zango division.
http://www.securitypronews.com/news/...paceUsers.html
very detailed report if you have time read:
http://www.benedelman.org/spyware/180-affiliates/
zango used to be 180 solutions until they got a major lawsuit.
http://www.zango.com/Destination/Cor...cle.aspx?id=50
Hotbar and 180solutions Merge; Combined Company To Be Called Zango
BELLEVUE, Wash. and NEW YORK/TEL AVIV, Israel June 7, 2006-Hotbar and 180solutions today announced an agreement to merge, effective immediately. The merged company will be known as Zango.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Spyware/?p=655
A class action complaint against adware company 180solutions was filed today in an Illinois United States District Court by attorneys Shawn M. Collins and David J. Fish of The Collins Law Firm. The complaint on behalf of residents of the United States and the state of Illinois charges that 180solutions downloaded spyware on computers illegally causing a number of damages. 180solutions' alleged illegal practices include deceptively distributing spyware files and preventing users from removing them, engaging in deceptive misconduct to download its spyware without users' knowledge or consent, lying to consumers about its spyware, etc.