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FTC Settles with Alleged Spyware Operation

U.S. Federal Trade Commission says that a company, accused of shoveling spyware on web surfers, will have to pay $330,000 to settle the complaint filed by the FTC.

The FTC accused ERG Ventures LLC of distributing spyware that infected 15 million computers. The company tricked consumers into downloading spyware by hiding the Media Motor program in other downloads for other software, including screensavers and video files, the FTC said in an October 2006 complaint.