Spyware maker fined

[Fred Zed]

A man accused of infecting PCs with spyware has been fined $4m.

The US Federal Trade Commission has ordered Sanford Wallace to hand over the money he made by putting the unwanted software on computers.

The FTC imposed fines because Mr Wallace did not get permission from users to install the software that bombarded them with pop-up ads:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4978426.stm

 

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A man accused of infecting PCs with spyware has been fined $4m.

The US Federal Trade Commission has ordered Sanford Wallace to hand over the money he made by putting the unwanted software on computers.

The FTC imposed fines because Mr Wallace did not get permission from users to install the software that bombarded them with pop-up ads:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4978426.stm

So do you think this is a good thing he did?