On March 6, 2007, a $2,400 advertisement appeared in the Hartford Courant signed by 28 computer science professors who said that they think that Amero could not have controlled the pornographic pop-ups. It was eventually discovered that the uncontrollable pop-ups were spawned by a Spyware program named NewDotNet which had been installed on October 14, 2004, 5 days prior to the alleged crime.
On March 6, 2007, an ad worth $2,400 appeared in the Hartford Courant signed by 28 computer science professors who expressed their doubts about Amero's ability to control the pornographic pop-ups. It was eventually revealed that the uncontrollable pop-ups were actually caused by a Spyware program named NewDotNet, which had been installed on October 14, 2004.