New York v. Intermix Media

In April 2005, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer sued Intermix Media, a software distributor that was accused of hijacking users’ computers and serving up large quantities of unwanted pop-up ads without providing a means for its software to be removed. The company ultimately entered into a $7.5 million settlement with the State of New York, and a separate $750,000 penalty was levied on the former CEO of Intermix.