US FTC: Advertisers may face public humiliation over adware

This ZDNet article reports on a presentation made by an FTC Commisioner at an event hosted by the Anti-Spyware Coalition. Summary:

Companies could find themselves put up for public humiliation by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission if they continue to advertise through insidious ad-serving software.

There's a fine quote from the FTC Commission chairman at the end of the article:

"The dissemination of harmful, unremovable programs that frustrate consumers' ability to control their own computers is digital carjacking, and we intend to vigorously prosecute it," Majoras said.

Jim

Bump.