# Interview with an Adware Author

<http://philosecurity.org/2009/01/12/interview-with-an-adware-author>

- Host: [philosecurity.org](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/philosecurity.org/)
- Saved: June 9, 2012 (2012-06-09T05:25:11Z)
- Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/eb76380b16eb/
- JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/eb76380b16eb.json

## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words)

Matt Knox, a talented Ruby instructor and coder, talks about his early days designing and writing adware for Direct Revenue. (Direct Revenue was sued by Eliot Spitzer in 2006 for allegedly surreptitiously installing adware on millions of computers.)

## Facts

- Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/)

## Saved the same week

- [CaringBridge: 15 years of connecting caregivers](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/468d00c5ba1e/) (usatoday.com, June 7, 2012)
- [Text from Xcode](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/fea84eb304b7/) (textfromxcode.com, June 7, 2012)
- [GCDC X16-1C Usb-Accelerometer 3-axis Data Recorder](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/7c43cccf8865/) (gcdataconcepts.com, June 9, 2012)
- [Sticker Robot - Custom Printing Vinyl Stickers & Personalized Decals](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/9f68f19b4c62/) (stickerobot.com, June 9, 2012)
- [Open Streets Minneapolis - Open up for Community](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/05743204e809/) (openstreetsmpls.com, June 10, 2012)

## Elsewhere

- Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://philosecurity.org/2009/01/12/interview-with-an-adware-author