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Originally Posted by SPeRMiNaToR
what sucks is I seriously doubt any sponsor will do anything about it
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I'm sure some sponsors care, but can they take care of all of it?
I'm pretty confident some or most of these malware programs are savvy enough to take care of the referring URL when they change the affiliate code.
Mcommerce comes to mind when talking about taking care of the referrer, although that was a multi sponsor server hack.
Of course there are things the community can do and bring to the light, but does it do any good? Maybe..
On another note, offtopic a little but similar genre-- Here is an article on a $4mil judgement against some spyware guys..
http://www.informationweek.com/news/... reaking+News
This link within the above article I found interesting too. Especially page 9.(PDF)
http://www.ftc.gov/os/caselist/04231...alJudgment.pdf