Microsoft and US state sue spyware company
Microsoft and the Washington state attorney general have filed lawsuits against antispyware software vendor Secure Computer, alleging that the company’s Spyware Cleaner software not only fails to remove spyware as advertised, but makes changes to users’ computers that make them less secure. The attorney general’s lawsuit is the state’s first to be filed under Washington’s 2005 Computer Spyware Act.