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Originally Posted by will76
I don't think educating the surfer is a realistic solution, sure it can help but no way it is going to fix the problem. These spy bots need to either become illegal or every sponsor needs to block them to make this go away, with the last one being the most effective solution. Thats like the anti porn people saying we want to fight porn, lets educate the people instead trying to make it illegal and getting rid of all the porn sites. For once we should take their example on something an aggressivly attack this shit. THIS AFFECTS EVERYONE OF YOU! I wouldn't be surprised if you are making 10 - 20% less in sales because of sites like this. If this one spybot can make MILLIONS, who do you think they are stealing it from.
So online gambing is now illegal, but online stealing is not.... 
Nice to see some sponsors reply and that they have ways to detect this. I hope more step up and announce their stand on this publicy, so when I send them accounts to ban they will have to take action. |
Will, my point on educating them is so these surfers know that whatever tactics being used is not the standard practices of this industry. Having them clean up their systems can only benefit all of us. Help them clean their computers so they can get back to surfing and spending money. If they infected myspace users computers, do you realize how many people are infected?
Class action lawsuits would also work if you can all install this crap on your computers and literally film the hijack (SnagIt has a video capture option). Find the lawyers to take it on.
All I know is that bastard program was on my husband's computer last week and I wasted 2-3 hours trying to remove it & still the thing would come back after a reboot. Cleaned out the registries and all and it was still coming back. I'm pretty good at keeping my computers clean and cleaning them up - do you think normal surfers are successful at doing this? I finally gave up and told hubby to use the laptop for now until I can get to it again with that link I posted earlier.