FTC Settles with Fake Anti-Spyware Companies - Two spyware detection firms, Spyware Assassin and Trustsoft, have reached a $2 million settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regarding charges that the firms' software pretended to detect non-existent spyware and didn't work as advertised. According to the FTC charges, both firms claimed on websites or through pop-up ads to have scanned users' computers and found non-existent spyware, but these scans were never actually performed. January 08, 2006

• FTC Press Release on Spyware Assassin and Trustsoft January 05, 2006 [off-site]
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