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by now we are all well aware of these toolbars and trojans
that rewrite pages with their ref codes..
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Yeah been around for ages now.
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If not ill explain a little.. there are many ways to do it , but
lets say i hacked into gfy and altered the vbulletin
database so when it displayed certain banners for
say "TCG" it would add my webmaster ref code onto the
end , randomly, only to third world ip's , ok maybe thats
atricky example , but if you dont know what im talking
about then you prob dont need to worry about it
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Trojans have NOTHING to do with servers. They are a
client side program that rewrites stuff on the CLIENT-
SIDE. This is a terrible example and has nothing at all to
do with trojans. Hacking GFY's banners on the server end
would get noticed and switched pretty quickly. Doing it on
the client side is much more effective.
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Ok so we all know the problem exists , but im suprised
more isn't being done to stop it..
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Like what? If morons install spyware on their computer, all
u can do is try and edumucate them, like TheHun does.
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When a good new sponsor comes onto the scene , many
people notice better ratio's , some of this is due to the fact
that these "trojans" and such havent had the time to
signup to that sponsor yet so you arent getting "shaved"
on your links to them..
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This has always been a rule of the industry, since LONG
before trojans and toolbars appeared. Smart webmasters
get on early onto good sites with good content. They
promote them heavy before anyone knows about them,
even getting better payouts for giving a new site such a
boost. Then once the TGPs have wasted out the content
and the conversions drop u move to a new fresh sponsor.
Sure trojans will hurt conversion rathers, but surfers
having seen the content before is a much bigger factor.
-Ben
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