Vonage ads loaded with spyware

FYI…

- http://www.benedelman.org/news/071806-1.html
July 18, 2006
"…Vonage spends huge amounts on advertising – more than $20 million per month… Unfortunately, among this spending is widespread and substantial spyware-delivered advertising… manual and automated testing have documented Vonage ads appearing in all the major spyware programs…"

(More info at the URL above.)

FYI…

Vonage Denies Spyware Charges
- http://www.networkingpipeline.com/showArti…cleID=190600032
July 19, 2006
"Vonage denies that it uses spyware to deliver its advertising, as charged yesterday by spyware researcher Ben Edelman. Brooke Schulz, Vonage Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, told Networking Pipeline that Edelman's claims that Vonage uses spyware "are unfounded," and that the company polices relationships with advertising vendors, to ensure that no ads are delivered via spyware. "Vonage has investigated every case of spyware that has been brought to its attention and terminated the relationship immediately with the entities in question who we find are in fact using spyware," Schulz said. "We believe Mr. Edelman's claims that this is a significant problem with our advertising are unfounded. Vonage takes this issue seriously and is committed to having good policing policies in place to prevent our brand from being sullied by unscrupulous spyware operators"…"

"…who we find are in fact using spyware". Hmmm…