Memorandum of Points and Authorities in - Federal Trade Commission
Memorandum of Points and Authorities in - Federal Trade Commission
Memorandum of Points and Authorities in - Federal Trade Commission
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1 content, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g: young-girl-sex. net, little-beauty. com, little-lady. <strong>in</strong>fo, little-<strong>in</strong>cest. com, littles-<br />
2 raped.com, <strong>and</strong> DrIncest.com. Warner Decl., Ex. 2, ,-r 4. Although Warner did not visit these<br />
3 sites due to their content, he did perform traffic analysis on several <strong>of</strong> the sites, <strong>and</strong> viewed one<br />
4 <strong>of</strong> the sites with a text-only browser. Warner Decl., Ex. 2,,-r,-r 5-7. This analysis revealed a<br />
5 strong correlation between visits to "little-lady. <strong>in</strong>fo" <strong>and</strong> the search term "nude little preteen<br />
6 angels." Warner Decl., Ex. 2, ,-r,-r 5-6. Moreover, by view<strong>in</strong>g little-<strong>in</strong>cest. com with a text-based<br />
7 browser, Warner was able to confirm that the 3FN-hosted site conta<strong>in</strong>s the follow<strong>in</strong>g text<br />
8 "ILLEGAL PHOTOS OF LITTLE GIRLS - just 3 steps," "VERY LITTLE SCHOOLGIRLS<br />
9 RAPED," <strong>and</strong> "more than 10 free samples <strong>of</strong> t<strong>in</strong>y schoolgirls be<strong>in</strong>g forced ... ". Warner Decl., Ex.<br />
c. Fake Anti-Virus Products<br />
12 Warner uncovered severa13FN-hosted web sites engaged <strong>in</strong> the sell<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> fake or "rogue"<br />
13 antivirus: s<strong>of</strong>tware that falsely <strong>in</strong>forms consumers that their computers are <strong>in</strong>fected with<br />
14 malicious s<strong>of</strong>tware <strong>and</strong> urges them to purchase the rogue anti-virus product <strong>in</strong> order to elim<strong>in</strong>ate<br />
15 the <strong>in</strong>fection. Warner Decl., Ex. 2, ,-r 8. The FTC is currently litigat<strong>in</strong>g a suit aga<strong>in</strong>st one <strong>of</strong> the<br />
16 major purveyors <strong>of</strong> such s<strong>of</strong>tware, <strong>and</strong> has a long history with this type <strong>of</strong> deceptive s<strong>of</strong>tware.<br />
17 See, e.g., FTC v. Innovative Market<strong>in</strong>g, Civ. No. RDB-08-CV-3233 (D. Md. Dec. 2, 2008); FTC<br />
18 v. MaxTheater, Inc., No. 05-CV-0069 (E.D. Wa. Dec. 6,2005); FTC v. Trusts<strong>of</strong>i, Inc., No. H-05-<br />
19 1905 (S.D. Tex. Nov. 30,2005); FTC v. Seismic Enterta<strong>in</strong>ment Productions, No. 04-377-JD<br />
20 (D.N.H. Oct. 12, 2004).<br />
21 d. Illegal Onl<strong>in</strong>e Pharmacies<br />
22 Warned discovered numerous onl<strong>in</strong>e pharmacies hosted at 3FN, all <strong>of</strong> which appear to be<br />
23 illegal, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g BuyCialis WithoutAPrescription.net, Buy ValiumNoRX. com, <strong>and</strong><br />
24 BuyDrugsOnl<strong>in</strong>eNoPrescriptionNecessary.net. Warner Decl., Ex. 2, ,-r 13.<br />
25 e. Pirated Music <strong>and</strong> S<strong>of</strong>tware<br />
26 Warner lists <strong>in</strong> his declaration a variety <strong>of</strong> sites hosted by 3FN that are distribut<strong>in</strong>g<br />
27 pirated s<strong>of</strong>tware <strong>and</strong> music. Warner Decl., Ex. 2, ,-r,-r 10, 12. These sites <strong>in</strong>clude mp3-mass.com,<br />
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