Michael Gracie 

When you hear about M&A transactions, you generally get the whole “synergies” argument along with it. Synergy is something we could all probably do without in the adware business, but we are going to have to hear about it anyway.
Now if 180Solutions could just get that whole “we’ve changed” thing straight.

Adware company 180solutions has once again been beaten on over its product, and again it seems they are positioning to push the problem on their affiliates.
The problem stems from the adware they distribute – it is supposed to be an approve-before-install thing, but the claim is that the software is still easily hacked to circumvent [...]

When someone simply walks from a big lawsuit, you know they either don’t have a case, or they don’t wan’t “something” to get disclosed in court. No telling which one it is here, but 180Solutions, who can’t seem to tell it straight, has now walked from their lawsuit against ZoneLabs.

Adware maker 180Solutions continues to garner attention. Now a technology watchdog group is asking the FTC to investigate their business practices, something that has been done time and time again.
180solutions said it shares CDT’s “vision of protecting the rights and privacy of consumers on the Internet” and looks forward to continuing a dialogue that [...]

Its either development of conscience or the first step in avoiding a lawsuit. Either way, adware firm 180solutions is now notifying unsuspecting “customers” on how to remove its software from their systems.
The company is pointing the finger at “rogue distributors” (meaning their affiliates) which get the software installed via whatever sneaky means possible. [...]