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Federal Trade Commission Closes Spyware Operation

Enternet Media, Conspy & Co., Lida Rohbani, Nima Hakimi and Baback Hakimi, all based in California, settle FTC complaint. Defendants distributed software called Search Miracle, Miracle Search, EM Toolbar, EliteBar and Elite Toolbar. Users’ computers were infected with spyware that interfered with their computers and was difficult to uninstall, FTC says. Defendants’ software tracked Internet activity, changed homepage settings and inserted a large frame onto browser windows that displayed advertisements.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2121021/federal-trade-commission-closes-spyware-operation.html

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