Microsoft has filed five civil lawsuits, the first of their kind against a phenomenon known as malvertising that hit also New York Times website last weekend. It is a term used of malicious online advertising.
"The lawsuits allege that individuals using the business names “Soft Solutions,” “Direct Ad,” “qiweroqw.com,” “ITmeter INC.” and “ote2008.info” used malvertisements to distribute malicious software or present deceptive websites that peddled scareware to unsuspecting Internet users. Although we don’t yet know the names of the specific individuals behind these acts, we are filing these cases to help uncover the people responsible and prevent them from continuing their exploits", states Tim Cranton, associate general counsel for Microsoft in a blog post that announced the lawsuits.
These five filings build on other recent actions that Microsoft has taken against click fraud and instant messaging spam.
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