Internet Hijacker, Mousetrapper Settles FTC Charges

by Dave Saunders on February 12, 2008

An operator who used more than 5,500 copycat Web addresses to divert surfers from their intended Internet destinations to one of his sites, and held them captive while he pelted their screens with a barrage of adult-oriented ads, has agreed to settle FTC charges that he was in contempt of a court order requiring him to halt the practices.

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