Sometime during summer of 2004 the company halted the most obnoxious and objectionable aspects of its online advertising. These objectionable business practices were employed primarily from late-2002 to mid-2004. The company was also known for exploiting the name 'spybot' in its domain names and online advertising. Note on Enigma SpyHunter: Enigma's SpyHunter anti-spyware application was listed on this page primarily because of the company's history of employing aggressive, deceptive advertising (1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
1) This is from SpywareWarrior's rogue spyware program site: