Originally Posted by ShellyCrash

I notice alot of people are saying that nothing can be done about this, and I tend to disagree. The first way to address this is for sponsors to not support companies that are essentially holding your traffic and your affiliate's traffic hostage, the second way is for webmasters to boycott / not promote companies that do business with spyware providers. This is directly taking cash out of webmaster's pockets and lowering their ROI. Whether it's doing business online or at a brick and mortar store, if you feel a company employs tactics that in your opinion are immoral or substandard, don't do business with them. If you want to change things, hit someone in their wallet.