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Radiate Settles Spyware Class Action

Radiate, a company that creates advertising programs for shareware, has settled a class action spyware suit. Radiate created programs that were including in popular software such as CuteFTP. The programs, according to the plaintiff attorneys, monitored the users without their knowledge or permission.

Radiate Settles Spyware Class Action, InternetNews, February 28, 2001.