The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) has asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Integrated Search Technologies and several of its affiliates for installing adware without first obtaining consumers' informed consent, reports MediaPost. The group charged that Montreal-based Integrated Search Technologies distributes ad-serving programs by bundling them with NegativeBeats.com, a site based in Bucharest, Romania, that falsely claims to offer free MP3 downloads.

CDT also asked the FTC to issue an injunction against Integrated Search Technologies. Adware firm 180solutions announced it had ended its relationship with the company several weeks ago.

"CDT believes that the practices in this case, while egregious, are not atypical of the deceptive and unfair acts committed by adware companies and their distributors over the past three years," states the complaint.