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DirectRevenue Slapped (Lightly) By FTC

Adware distributor DirectRevenue owes the Federal Trade Commission $1.5 million in ill-gotten profits after settling charges they used unfair and deceptive methods to download adware on consumers' computers, and made it difficult to remove. Critics of the settlement say that's only a fraction of what the company made. The settlement prohibits future downloads of DirectRevenue's adware without consumers' express consent, and requires the company to provide "a reasonable and effective" way for consumers to locate and remove the adware from their computers.