Whenu.com SaveNow, Enemy of Affiliate Program Members
thiefware.com
Gives example of how affiliate commissions are lost as web site visitors are encouraged to click on their popup offers.
WhenU Spams Google, Breaks Google "No Cloaking" Rules
benedelman.org
Author presents detailed evidence to show that WhenU sends bogus search results to search engines, in violation of search engines' rules.
Pop-up Seller Loses Round in Court
news.cnet.com
"A U.S. district court judge bars WhenU from delivering pop-up ads to some Net visitors, going against decisions in favor of the software maker's controversial marketing tactics." [CNET News] (January 5, 2004)
EFF: Trademark Law Shouldn't Prejudice Internet Ads
eff.org
EFF is asking a federal appeals court to reverse a lower court decision involving WhenU's right to provide online advertisements during web browsing. Online contact lens distributor 1-800 Contacts won that decision. (February 19, 2004)
Clickz - WhenU Banished By Google, Yahoo!
clickz.com
The adware firm is no longer listed in Google and Yahoo!'s search results because of charges of 'cloaking.' (May 14, 2004)
Search Engines Delete Adware Company WhenU
news.zdnet.com
Yahoo and Google disabled links to WhenU for "cloaking" to dupe search engines into favorably listing decoy Web pages.[ZDNet] (May 14, 2004)
Spyware Company Sues Utah Over Anti-Spyware Law
yro.slashdot.org
Slashdot discussion forum takes up issues surrounding this news.
Adware Maker Challenges Utah Anti-Spyware Law
news.cnet.com
In its legal motion WhenU is charging that Utah's recently enacted Spyware Control Act violates free-speech guarantees and could unfairly harm its business. [CNET] (April 13, 2004)
U-Haul v. WhenU.com, 2003 WL 22071556 (E.D.Va. 2003)
homepages.law.asu.edu
A Federal Court in Virginia held that WhenU's pop-up ad didn't infringe U-Haul's trademarks and copyrights.
WhenU Can Keep On Popping Up
clickz.com
A federal judge refused to grant Wells Fargo's request to shut down the desktop advertising service. [ClickZ News] (November 19, 2003)
Methods and Effects of Spyware - WhenU Violating Own Privacy Policy
benedelman.org
Comment submitted to recent FTC hearings about spyware, alleging that WhenU software violates its own privacy policy by transmitting some of user-visited web page URLs to its own servers. [PDF]
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SaveNow With Adware?
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SaveNow is a product created by WhenU . It was designed to provide relevant offers and advertisements to users, based on their web surfing habits. ...
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SaveNow is a product created by WhenU . It was designed to provide relevant offers and advertisements to users, based on their web surfing habits. ...
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