Microsoft takes 'malvertisers' to court
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Microsoft on Friday said it has sued five so-called "malvertisers" in Seattle civil court as part of an effort to stop the practice of hiding malicious code in seemingly safe online ads that instead seek to prey on users.
"Malvertiser ads may redirect users to a website that advertises rogue security software, also known as scareware, that falsely claims to detect or prevent threats on the computer," Tim Cranton, Microsoft's associate general counsel, said in a post on the company's On the Issues Blog.