Zango, formerly 180solutions, today announced the dismissal, with prejudice, of the class action lawsuit filed against the company last year in federal court in Chicago.

The plaintiffs in the suit, Logan Simios, et al. v. 180solutions, Inc., had alleged that Zango is spyware; the voluntary dismissal, which is final, ends the litigation. The dismissed suit asserted wrongdoing by Zango relating to its desktop advertising software, which offers free access to online videos, games, music, tools and utilities in exchange for targeted advertising when users search or browse the web.

"We are pleased, but frankly not too surprised, by the voluntary, with-prejudice dismissal of the lawsuit by the plaintiffs," said Ken McGraw, Zango's executive vice president, general counsel and chief compliance officer. "We have maintained from its inception that this case had no merit."

The Simios case was filed September 13, 2005 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and dismissed on September 6, 2006.