SpyBlast Pop-Up Ad Software Busted

From a news story published by Media Buyer Planner, Advertising.com finally suffered a bit for its sneaky SpyBlast software. The SpyBlast program was promoted as a spyware stopper, yet it secretly installed pop-up ad generating software behind the scenese on a user’s computer. Certainly not surprising to hear of such treachery from the likes of Advertising.com and America Online (which owns Advertising.com), but a sad story none-the-less. As if people using AOL weren’t bombarded by enough pop-up ads and poor Internet software to begin with. Hopefully more of these unethical businesses will be cracked down on, but clearly there is still a long way to go for victory in the Spyware and Adware battle.