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Originally Posted by onlineriches
ZANGO isn't the problem.
All zango installs were consented to by the user, so that is their choice. Zango isn't doing anything wrong simply delivering ads targeted to specific interests, which the user has agreed to.
You should be going after the blackhat users who are distributing viruses and malware and illegally infecting users pc's and then fucking you out of cash.
Then trading you malware traffic -> legit traffic -> more users infected.
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incorrect (and the FTC agrees with me): Zango uses very misleading methods to get people to install their software, disclosing only in the fine print their intentions, while disguising their stuff as "access to free videos" or "access to play game".
If a user went to their site and was asked "would you like to install a helper that will create popup ads on your computer when you are surfing other sites" I suspect that nobody would install their shitware.
I call it "Asterixware".... because they get you with a little fucking asterix and fuck you over massively. Watch a 30 second video, and then get hundreds of popup ads without knowing why you are getting them. I am sure some people get pissed off at the websites they try to visit, and go nuts trying to get rid of these popups.
You can apologize all you want for Zango, but thier business model is (IMHO) very fucking deceptive... and the FTC has fined them as a result.