Read more adware stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/22929/adware.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 24 May 2012 19:27:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/26926/planted-on-networks-phony-download-infects-500k-pcs.htmlLaila Weir<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=102236&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401013435' border='0' />Almost 500,000 people have unintentionally downloaded an adware bundle from file-sharing networks in the past week, security firm McAfee says, with ugly consequences. Disguised as a music file or popular movies, the phony file is circulating on the eDonkey and Limewire networks. It asks users to install a codec...McAfee says the fake media file that has infected more than 500,000 PCs is the largest such outbreak it's seen in the past three years.http://www.newser.com/story/26926/planted-on-networks-phony-download-infects-500k-pcs.htmlThu, 08 May 2008 18:27:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/19088/teen-pleads-guilty-in-botnet-adware-scheme.htmlNick McMaster<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=74440&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401021827' border='0' />A teenager referred to by the FBI as BDH and known online as “Sobe” pleaded guilty to two counts of juvenile fraud conspiracy for a scheme that used botnets to install adware on hundreds of thousands of American computers, including some military systems. He will be sentenced May 5, and...The teenager identified only as "B.D.H." by U.S. law enforcement officials, is allegedly a "well-known juvenile member" of a group of botnet users.http://www.newser.com/story/19088/teen-pleads-guilty-in-botnet-adware-scheme.htmlFri, 15 Feb 2008 13:28:16 CST