Direct Revenue is a New York City company founded in 2002, known for creating spyware or adware programs. The Empire State Building (right) and the Chrysler Building (left) are easily recognized symbols of New York City to the world. ... 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Malicious websites may attempt to install spyware on readers computers. ... Adware or advertising-supported software is any software package which automatically plays, displays, or downloads advertising material to a computer after the software is installed on it or while the application is being used. ...

Direct Revenue includes Soho Digital and Soho Digital International.

Management team

• Jean-Philippe Maheu: CEO
• Joshua Abram: EVP, Business Development (previously CEO)
• Daniel Kaufman: EVP, Corporate Development
• Alan Murray: Chief Product Officer
• Rodney Hook: CTO (previous CTO was Dan Doman)
• Andrew Reiskind: General Council, Chief Privacy Officer
• Josh Engroff: VP, US Revenue Operations
• Chris Dowhan: VP, Distribution
• Mattias Stanghed: VP, Product Development

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... A vice president is an officer in government or business who is next in rank below a president. ... Chief Technical Officer or Chief Technology Officer, usually seen as CTO, is a business executive position whose holder is focused on technical issues in a company. ... A vice president is an officer in government or business who is next in rank below a president. ...

History

In November 2004, Avenue Media filed a lawsuit against Direct Revenue for deleting Avenue Media's Internet Optimizer program from user's computers. [1] November 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: November 2004 in sports November 2004 in science Events Deaths in November • 30 Pierre Berton • 29 John Drew Barrymore • 26 Bill Alley • 24 Arthur Hailey • 23 Rafael Eitan • 18 Bobby Frank Cherry • 16 John... Internet Optimizer is a spyware program. ...

In January 2005, Direct Revenue was involved in a controversy over installation with Windows Media Player files. [2] 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in January • 29 Ephraim Kishon • 25 Philip Johnson • 23 Johnny Carson • 22 Parveen Babi • 20 Jan Nowak-Jeziorański • 17 Virginia Mayo • 17 Zhao Ziyang • 15 Ruth Warrick • 14 Rudolph Moshammer Recent deaths Ongoing events • Tsunami relief... Windows Media Player is a freeware software media player used for playing audio and video on personal computers running Microsoft Windows. ...

In February 2005, the Avenue Media lawsuit was dropped with a non-public settlement. [3] 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Ongoing events • Iraqi legislative election • Bill C-38 (Canada gay marriage) • Tsunami relief Upcoming events • March 11: Red Nose Day 2005 in the UK. Deaths in February • 26 – Jef Raskin • 25 – Hugh Nibley • 25 – Peter Benenson • 21...

In April 2005, a class action lawsuit was filed against Direct Revenue by attorney David J. Fish. [4] 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in April • 26: Augusto Roa Bastos • 24: Ezer Weizman • 23: Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen • 23: John Mills • 16: Marla Ruzicka • 9: Andrea Dworkin • 6: Prince Rainier III • 5: Dale Messick • 5: Saul Bellow • 2: Pope John... In law, a class action is an equitable procedural device used in litigation for determining the rights of and remedies, if any, for large numbers of people whose cases involve common questions of law and fact. ...

In June 2005, Direct Revenue filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit. [5] Direct Revenue was also involved in a controversy over BitTorrent distribution.[6] 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in June June 27: Shelby Foote June 27: John T. Walton June 26: Richard Whiteley June 25: John Fiedler June 25: Chet Helms June 24: Paul Winchell June 21: Jaime Cardinal Sin June 20: Jack Kilby... A legal motion is a procedural device in law to bring a limited but contested matter before a court for decision. ... This article is about the protocol. ...

In July 2005, Direct Revenue was involved in a controversy over installation with MSN Messenger worms. [7] Ongoing events • 2005 Atlantic and Pacific hurricanes • 2005 Maharashtra floods • 2005 Gujarat Flood • Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan • Fuel prices • Gomery Comm. ... Microsoft Service Network Messenger (colloquially known by some as simply MSN Messenger) is Microsofts instant messaging client for Windows computers aimed toward the home user. ... A computer worm is a self-replicating computer program, similar to a computer virus. ...

In August 2005, judge Robert W. Gettleman allowed the class action lawsuit to proceed. [8] Direct Revenue was also involved in a controversy over installation at a child porn site. [9] 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in August August 31: Michael Sheard August 26: Lord Fitt August 24: Jack Slipper August 24: Maurice Cowling August 24: Dr. Tom Pashby August 23: Brock Peters August 22: Lord Lane August 21: Robert Moog August...

In September 2005, Direct Revenue ended Third-Party Affiliate Distribution of its adware client. [10] Ongoing events • Abramoff-Reed gambling scandal • Atlantic hurricane season • Avian influenza (H5N1) outbreak • Bali bombings investigation • California wildfires • UK Conservative Party leadership election • DeLay political financing scandal • Dengue outbreak in Singapore • Fuel prices / Peak oil • Harriet Miers nomination and hearings • Hurricane Wilma • Irans nuclear program • Kashmir earthquake • London bombings...

In October 2005 Direct Revenue entered an agreement to distribute its adware client with Kazaa. [11] 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in October 28: Richard Smalley 26: Emil Kyulev 24: José Azcona del Hoyo 24: Rosa Parks 23: Stella Obasanjo 22: Liam Lawlor 22: Shirley Horn 20: Endon Mahmood 17: Ba Jin 10: Milton Obote 7: Charles... Kazaa Media Desktop (once capitalized as KaZaA, but now usually left as Kazaa) is a controversial peer-to-peer file sharing application using the FastTrack protocol. ...

Programs created

Aurora

Released April 2005 [12], Aurora is an adware client most famous for the nail.exe component. [13] The Aurora client has been criticised for several practices: [14] 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in April • 26: Augusto Roa Bastos • 24: Ezer Weizman • 23: Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen • 23: John Mills • 16: Marla Ruzicka • 9: Andrea Dworkin • 6: Prince Rainier III • 5: Dale Messick • 5: Saul Bellow • 2: Pope John...

• Filenames with descriptions like "System Startup Service" or svcproc.exe, which could sound like important parts of Windows to some people.
• Randomly-generated filenames like qvbdnifharv.exe and dbwqis.exe to make identification difficult.
• Putting files in the Windows folder rather than a properly labelled branch of the "Program Files" folder
• Not putting full information into the file properties section of its executable.
• Multiple processes that restart each other if one is terminated.
• Not including an uninstaller, but requiring users to go to MyPCTuneUp.
• Starting from the "Shell" location, which is intended for the main interface Windows users interact with.

BestOffers

Released September 2005, [15] BestOffers is an adware client. [16] Ongoing events • Abramoff-Reed gambling scandal • Atlantic hurricane season • Avian influenza (H5N1) outbreak • Bali bombings investigation • California wildfires • UK Conservative Party leadership election • DeLay political financing scandal • Dengue outbreak in Singapore • Fuel prices / Peak oil • Harriet Miers nomination and hearings • Hurricane Wilma • Irans nuclear program • Kashmir earthquake • London bombings...

BetterInternet

Released mid-2003, [17] BetterInternet is another adware client. [18] It is also used as an umbrella term for several of these other adware clients. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Blackstonedata Transponder

BTGrab

Ceres

DLMax

LocalNRD

MSView

MultiMPP

MXTarget

MyPCTuneUp

OfferOptimizer

Pynix

SolidPeer

TPS108

Twaintec

VX2 RespondMiter

Zserv

External links

• http://www.webhelper4u.com/
• http://www.direct-revenue.com/