Class Action Lawsuit Against Zango Spyware Dismissed
Home > News	September 8, 2006 6:51 PM

A federal lawsuit filed against spyware company, Zango, was dismissed with prejudice this past Wednesday, Sept 6th 2006. The suit alleged that Zango, a merger of notorious spyware companies 180solutions and Hotbar, is spyware. The dismissed case was not the result of a settlement indicating that the court ruled in favor of the company.

Today, Zango claims that over 200,000 people are downloading their adware software daily.

In our opinion, this was a huge step backwards in the spyware fight. While the courts may disagree, just a few minutes ago we removed Zango from a computer whose owner had no idea how the software was installed. The program was slowing the computer down signficantly and displaying annoying pop-up ads every minute or two. Furthermore, although Zango was prominently displayed in the system tray, there was no menu item to disable or turn it off, nor was there an uninstall program provided with it. If it smells like spyware, it probably is spyware...