SparkTrust: You've still not learnt then?

Yet another instance of misleading advertising by SparkTrust was found a few minutes ago, this time via Google Adwords (surprise surprise).



And the site you're pointed to, also fails miserably, to notify you that the program is NOT free, that you HAVE TO PAY FOR IT, before it'll actually do anything other than scan.



You'd have thought these companies would've learnt by now, but sadly not, and I doubt they'll change as long as there's money to be made from vulnerable and gullible victims.

References:

IAC Toolbars and Traffic Arbitrage in 2013
http://www.benedelman.org/news/012213-1.html

Misleading Advertising: SparkTrust has a go
http://hphosts.blogspot.com/2013/01/misleading-marketing-sparktrust-has-ago.html

Malwarebytes Unpacked: Misleading advertising
http://blog.malwarebytes.org/intelligence/2012/12/misleading-advertising/

Comodo replace malware with err - malware?
http://hphosts.blogspot.co.uk/2009/07/comodo-replace-malware-with-err-malware.html

Twitter spam: IAC WebFetti
http://hphosts.blogspot.co.uk/2009/12/twitter-spam-iac-webfetti.html

IAC: Still not stopping "rogue affiliates"
http://hphosts.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/iac-still-not-stopping-rogue-affiliates.html

Mindspark/IAC: Misleading marketing (again)
http://hphosts.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/mindsparkiac-misleading-marketing-again.html

Misleading marketing: Fake IM advert - Déjà Vu
http://hphosts.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/misleading-marketing-fake-im-advert.html

IAC/MindSpark: Scamming with a twist
http://hphosts.blogspot.co.uk/2010/02/iacmindspark-scamming-with-twist.html

Symantec - we knew they weren't trustworthy, but this is a new low
http://hphosts.blogspot.co.uk/2009/03/symantec-we-knew-they-werent.html