Yahoo Sued for Spyware, Typosquatting-Based Ads

[123finder.com]

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2006/05/class_action_targets_yahoo_ove_1.html

A class-action lawsuit filed Monday against Yahoo! Inc. and group of unnamed third-parties accuses the company of engaging in "syndication fraud" against advertisers who pay Yahoo to display their ads on search results and on the Web pages of partner Web sites. The suit claims that Yahoo displayed these advertisers' online ads via spyware and adware products and on so-called "typosquatter" Web sites that capitalize on misspellings of popular trademarks or company names.

 

[RareIQ]

interesting article