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Adware vendor Zango shuts its doors
April 25, 2009 by Shanmuga
Filed under Adware, Recommended Reads
"Zango, the adware distributor that was fined $3 million by the Federal Trade Commission in 2006 for sneaking software on people’s PCs, has closed its doors. Zango’s former chief technology officer blamed the company’s demise on several factors, but at the top of the list were the very practices that got it in hot water with the FTC — and with security analysts who had labeled the company’s software spyware.
"So why did Zango ultimately fail? Zango screwed up its distribution," Ken Smith, a co-founder who stepped down from his CTO spot last summer, said in a long entry on his personal blog…" – Content courtesy of Notorious adware vendor Zango shuts its doors
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