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The FTC Goes to Court to Ban a Rogue Web Host from the U.S.

Earlier this month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) convinced a Northern California district court judge to grant a temporary restraining order (TRO) against Pricewert, which operates the Internet Service Provider (ISP) Triple Fiber Network (3FN). The FTC alleges that Pricewert and 3FN recruit, distribute, and host electronic code or content that inflicts harm upon consumers -- including "child pornography, botnet command and control servers, spyware, viruses, Trojans, phishing related sites, illegal online pharmacies, investment and other web-based scams, and pornography featuring violence, bestiality and incest."...
Published Tuesday, June 30, 2009 6:38 PM by FindLaw Writ - Recent Articles

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