News US bars backdoor pop-up adverts

Everyone knows that all pop-up's must die, so this will be welcome news from the Beeb:

US regulators have acted against a company that used a Microsoft loophole to bombard PCs with pop-up ads.

San Diego-based D Squared has been banned from using a little known feature of Windows Messenger to send unwanted adverts to computer owners.

Ironically, the pop-ups were advertising software which blocked pop-ups.

The company admitted no wrong-doing and received no financial penalties. It claimed it settled to avoid litigation.

More on the crack down here