Regulators take aim at Internet ‘pop-ups’
November 07, 2003 |
The FTC filed a lawsuit against a San Diego company that illegally exploited a hole in Microsoft's Windows by sending pop-up ads to Windows users.
Regulators disclosed a new legal campaign Thursday against an annoying method for delivering unwanted ‘’pop-up’’ Internet advertisements, accusing a California company of ‘’high-tech extortion’’ in its offers for software to block the very ads it was sending.
The courtroom effort by the Federal Trade Commission could dampen some of the most irritating practices by Internet marketers, who have learned ways to display intrusive messages on computer screens using a technology built into most versions of Microsoft Corp.’s Windows software.
‘’This is a shot across the bow,’’ said Mark Rasch, an expert on technology law and former head of the Justice Department cyber-crimes division.
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