Yahoo Sued for Spyware, Typosquatting-Based Ads
A class-action lawsuit filed Monday against Yahoo! Inc. and group of unnamed third-parties accuses the company of engaging in “syndication fraud” against advertisers who pay Yahoo to display their ads on search results and on the Web pages of partner Web sites. The suit claims that Yahoo displayed these advertisers’ online ads via spyware and adware products and on so-called “typosquatter” Web sites that capitalize on misspellings of popular trademarks or company names.
Potentially more explosive is the plaintiff’s claim that Yahoo regularly uses its relationship with adware and typosquatting sites to gin up extra revenue around earnings time, alleging that the company is conspiring to boost revenue by partnering with some of the Internet’s seamier characters.
Via : http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2006/05/class_action_targets_yahoo_ove_1.html
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Seaking about typosquatters, here is a free website that detects whether your site has been typosquattered
http://veralab.com/dnsdomainsearch/typosquatters.jsp
Here is what you need to do:
1. Type your company domain name into the input field below
2. Choose the root domain from the drop down list below
3. Choose the types of typos you want to be investigated
4. Click “Search” and wait for a while
The system will generate the list of possible typos and misprints and tell you whether any domain names using these typos are already taken by other people.
Provided by IBCI Law Group, a law firm specializing on copyright and trademark issues.
Comment by mkvakin — June 24, 2006 @ 8:23 pm
Zooomr 3.0?…
For a second I thought I was seeing yet-another-upgrade, Zooomr 2.0 only lasted a few days, and we’re in Zooomr 3.0.
Then it hit me: this isn’t Zooomr, but a classic case of typosquatting. This has to be one of the most frequent typos. In fact a…
Trackback by Zoli's Blog — July 23, 2006 @ 4:15 am