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Originally Posted by OzMan
Well not exactly breaking news. They have been doing it since at least March of 2005 according to Ben Edelman, a leading anti-adware/spyware consultant.
Check out Ad Number 7776 among several other major adult sponsors on the page below.
http://www.benedelman.org/spyware/ex...ads-adult.html
The link is still valid and I don't see a "rogue affiliate" code anywhere so I would have to agree with him that it appears to be inhouse from IFRIENDS.
What's even more fucked up is their list of keywords that they bid on. 1400 plus keywords including AdultfriendFinder and probably every other adult company out there. 
So not only are IFRIENDS stealing your IFRIENDS signups, they are stealing your AFF and most likely every other adult company too. 
I would therefore beg all of you Pornographers with squeeky clean ethics to immediately cease and desist promoting IFRIENDS and all the other sponsors that use Adware traffic.
Only promote adult sponsors that can't afford to outbid the big name sponsors that do use adware traffic. Better yet only use mainstream sponsors..oh wait most of them use adware traffic too..ummm ..sorry not sure what to tell you 
Maybe rethink your ethics so you won't be broke? 
Will76 can you please get the word out to IFRIENDS to stop their support of adware immediately. Failing that can you please cancel your IFRIENDS account and tell all your teamclickcash affiliates and chathosts to do likewise? Thanks Will I knew I could count on you to help get rid of this adware plague, especially when it is happening on your own doorstep. 
Will, ... on a related note, I am sure you are now seriously rethinking your business model and I have a proposition for you. I recently registered the domain http://teamepiccash.com and would be willing to let you have it for a modest sum in appreciation of your valiant anti-adware crusade against ALL companies using adware traffic. lmk  |
Just so you know, if I was ever to rethink a business model, the new way would never include insulting people period, ,much less as a means of advertising. Calling someone a pedo, nigga, slut, etc... will never be part of any model I am involved in so that rules epic out.
I support what you are doing (minus the sarcasm). PLEASE, Keep pointing sponsors out that are associated with spyware. I have been told repeatedly that clickcash does not support adware, if that is proven otherwise then you will see me switch to another company that does not support it. If you find some clickcash accounts who are using zango, eXact, or anyother spyware/adware please post them and screen shots would be helpful I will pass it along to them.
As far as the ad listed on Ben's site, I sent them the link to see what that is all about. Seems more then a few companies are listed on that oas-central.com domain name. Maybe you can check with your pals at AFF what oas-central is. If you look at the bottom of the same page AFF is using it as well.
I also like threads like this. Besides the usual idiots (any one at epic) and now anyone at AFF who are pissed that i brought this up, it is nice to see who else posts and what they got to say.