The Federal Trade Commission Wednesday revealed it had readied a complaint against America Online's Advertising.com for installing adware on consumers' computers without adequate notice.
Advertising.com agreed to settle the charges without admitting wrongdoing, and the FTC agreed not to file a court case; both the proposed settlement and draft complaint were made available on the
FTC's Web site Wednesday. The draft complaint charged that Baltimore, Md.-based Advertising.com bundled adware with SpyBlast--a supposed anti-spyware program--without adequately telling consumers that
they would receive pop-ups. -- Wendy Davis