Free ride-sharing app mandatory installation, rogue software fined $3 million

by okbeng on 2006-11-04 21:02:58

According to foreign media reports, the American Federal Trade Commission announced on Friday that an advertising software company in Washington State agreed to pay 3 million US dollars to the government to settle the accusation raised by consumers that this company "performed rogue software behaviors". This company is called Zango and is located in Washington. The Federal Trade Commission said that as part of the settlement agreement, the company must provide an uninstallation tool for all software users, furthermore, without user approval in the future, no software can be installed on their computers.