- Podcasters Up Download Numbers With Iffy Ad Practices
MAD, Fern Siegel - Friday, September 30, 2022
The inflated numbers may give a skewed idea of who is listeni ...
- Some Lifeline Phones Installed With Malware, Security Company Says
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, January 9, 2020
Some Android phones that sold to low-income people for just $35 co ...
- Lenovo Buyers To Receive $55 Each In Adware Settlement
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 19, 2019
If approved, the settlement will resolve a lawsuit stemming from Lenovo's 20 ...
- Lenovo Adware Settlement Moves Forward
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 26, 2018
A federal judge has granted preliminary approval to a deal that cal ...
- Lenovo Agrees To $7.3 Million Adware Settlement
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, July 12, 2018
Lenovo will settle a class-action accusing it of shipping notebooks with adwa ...
- Adware Found To Take Pictures Of Desktops On Infected Machines
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, June 18, 2018
In a blow to consumer confidence and a strike against trust ...
- Lenovo Settles With FTC And 31 States Over Superfish 'Man-In-The-Middle' Attacks
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Lenovo has agreed to obtain consumers' explicit consent before pre-installing certain typ ...
- Judge Urged To Approve $1 Million Adware Settlement
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Consumers who purchased Lenovo notebooks two years ago have asked a feder ...
- Lenovo Must Face Class-Action Over Superfish Adware
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 28, 2016
Lenovo may have violated anti-hacking laws by allegedly selling notebooks that ca ...
- Superfish Settles Privacy Lawsuit Over Adware-Infected Lenovos
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Friday, February 12, 2016
Adware company Superfish has agreed to pay $1 million to settle ...
- Microsoft Takes Aim At Adware On PCs Running Windows
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Microsoft will identify and remove adware from Windows PCs in 2016, ...
- New Measures To Block Ads... and To Block Ad Blockers
Around the Net in Video, P.J. Bednarski - Wednesday, August 12, 2015
A company called Shine developed an ad blocker for mobile phones th ...
- Block That Ad! It's A Growing Problem
Around the Net in Video, P.J. Bednarski - Thursday, April 9, 2015
Th Interactive Advertising Bureau addressed the issue during its annual leadership meeti ...
- Lenovo Notebooks Come With 'Horrifically Dangerous' Adware
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 19, 2015
It's probably safe to say that Lenovo's decision to bundle notebooks wi ...
- Web's Big Players Team Up To Tackle Malware
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, February 12, 2015
Facebook has launched a new platform to tackle malware and spam attac ...
- Android Users Warned Of Rogue Adware
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, February 5, 2015
Android users have been warned to be on the lookout for suspicio ...
- Symantec Wins First Round In Scareware Lawsuit
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, August 6, 2012
Siding with Symantec, a federal judge has dismissed a potential class-action lawsu ...
- Ascentive Settles Deceptive Advertising Suit Stemming From Surreptitiously Installed Adware
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 7, 2011
A company that markets spyware removal software has agreed to pay $78,0 ...
- Click Forensics Delivers Platform To Validate Display Ad Traffic
Online Media Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, February 26, 2010
Click Forensics will open a program Friday to audit impressions in displ ...
- Traffiq Gets Heavy With Targeting Tools
Online Media Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Change is afoot at Traffiq. On the heels of some operational restructurin ...
- VCs Funding 'Agency Replacement' Software
Online Media Daily, Mark Walsh - Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Look out, Madison Avenue -- venture capital investors are happily underwriting yo ...
- Google Backs Up AdWords Users
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Google has bestowed a new feature upon its AdWords users, which reli ...
- DoubleVerify Is Checking Ad Context Twice
Online Media Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, December 23, 2009
In an effort to bolster confidence among protective brand marketers, digital media-verificati ...
- New Dynamic Logic Service Brings In-Ad Surveys
Online Media Daily, Mark Walsh - Thursday, November 19, 2009
As an advertiser, how would you like to get instant feedback ...
- Expert: Windows 7 More Prone To Malware
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, November 4, 2009
At least one researcher is saying that Microsoft's decision to reduce t ...
- To Prevent Digital Ad Fraud, Start With Secure Insertion Orders
Online Media Daily, Joanne Miguel - Tuesday, October 20, 2009
- Google AdSense For Mobile Supports HTML Browsing Phones
Online Media Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, October 5, 2009
Google Monday launched a feature for AdSense mobile that lets publishers t ...
- DataXu Launches Media-Buying Platform
Online Media Daily, Mark Walsh - Tuesday, September 15, 2009
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DataXu has formally launched its real-time-bidding platform allowing agencies a ...
- X Marks The SpotMixer For Google
Online Media Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Google on Tuesday announced the integration of SpotMixer's self-serve video ad creati ...
- Google AdWords Creates Niche Magnet
Online Media Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, August 7, 2009
Designer Apparel, a shopping search engine, wanted to expand its offerings ...