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Users warned after YapBrowser returns from the dead

Posted on October 10, 2011 by pogowasright.org

John E. Dunn reports:

YapBrowser, a replacement web browser once promoted by controversial spyware company Zango, has made a sudden return, GFI Software security researcher Chris Boyd has reported.

Zango (formerly 180 Solutions) disappeared in 2009 after the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) landed it with a $3 million fine but one now one of its progeny, YapBrowser, appears to have resurrected itself, possibly with the help of a UK-registered company.

Read more on Computerworld.

Related:

  • Chris Boyd: Yap Browser has returned
  • The Register:  Zombie browser with evil past returns from the grave
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