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Noted Without Comment

Posted by Venkat at 5/17/2007 8:44 AM and is filed under Miscellany

A lawsuit filed on Tuesday in King County Superior Court (Seattle):

Zango Inc. v. PC Tools Pty Ltd.

5/15/2007 07-2-15844-8 CBC

Complaint for injunctive relief and tortious interference with business expectancy. The plaintiff's software, which "has been consensually installed by millions of users," is being destroyed by the defendant's "Spyware Doctor Starter Edition" application. The application does not give users specific warning that Zango's software will be deleted. The defendant's product has been distributed as part of a "Google Pack" of software tools, causing the plaintiff "irreparable harm." The plaintiff seeks at least $35 million in damages.

I won't comment on this dispute, except to say that in the future, users will demand (1) greater disclosure and (2) greater control over what is installed and how exactly to uninstall what was installed.
 

 

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  • 5/22/2007 6:52 PM Overlawyered wrote:
    "An outfit accused of having a long history of making spyware has sued PC Tools, the maker of Spyware Doctor for preventing its product from working." (Nick Farrell, The Inquirer, May 21). Reports InfoWorld:According to...
  • 5/18/2007 1:36 PM Alice Hill's Real Tech News - Independent Tech wrote:
    By Jimmy Daniels Contributing Writer, RealTechNews Our old friends at Zango have decided to sue Spyware Doctor maker PC Tools because they are upset about how the program flags and removes their crapware, err, I mean technology. The lawsuit references ...
  • 5/19/2007 11:45 PM Project Netsafe: Managed Internet Security & Safe Online Marketing wrote:

    Oh this is just rich! According to InfoWorld, there is a crazy lawsuit in the works...where a known spyware company is sueing an anti-spyware company...Wow! I have never heard of anything so stupid.

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  • 5/17/2007 11:21 PM Donna's SecurityFlash wrote:
    http://spamnotes.com/2007/05/17/noted-without-comment.aspx via Sunbelt Blog: http://sunbeltblog.blogspot
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