Spyware

According to a complaint filed Tuesday in Washington state court, the company caused some people surfing the net to receive a torrent of pop-ups that advertised porn links and other sketchy sites. They warned that the computer was vulnerable to malware attacks and directed the end user to reduce the threat by installing one of the software titles. Messages were suspended during a free, seven-day trial, but when that pexpired, the computer was subjected to additional pop-ups, which were caused by Cooke’s software, according to the complaint. After installation, there is no entry in the Add/Remove section of Windows, and the software will disable a user’s task manager to prevent users from manually shutting down the associated processes. More Spyware News

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