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NEW YORK AOL’s Advertising.com has settled charges brought by the Federal Trade Commission, which said it tricked consumers into downloading software that spawned pop-up ads.
The FTC charged that Advertising.com and John Ferber, its chief product officer and co-founder, ran advertisements that advised users their computers were at risk to hackers. Clicking on the ads prompted users to download SpyBlast, Advertising.com software that purported to protect computers from intrusion. Advertising.com also bundled pop-up advertising software with SpyBlast.
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