Spyware on spyware crime
It’s hard to feel sorry for the aggrieved party when their evil spyware was automatically disabled by another company’s evil spyware.
According to the Nov. 24 complaint, DirectResponse’s software detects Internet Optimizer and then sends a command to “kill” the program, a process that deletes its files from the PC registry and from the computer altogether. Avenue Media said DirectRevenue’s tactics have caused it to lose about 1 million customers–about half its installed base–and as much as $10,000 a day in revenue.
