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will76 · 10-18-2006, 03:00 AM

http://www.xbiz.com/news_piece.php?id=17675

http://www.vitalsecurity.org/2006/10...ith-zango.html

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Spyware/?p=856

http://swik.net/User:anushshetty/Sla...ebmasters/m6s6

http://www.findnews.org/Info/Article...s/Default.aspx

scottybuzz · 10-18-2006, 03:04 AM

Just remember Will that if it hadnt been for my continuous bumping of these threads, you may have got a lot less support. I kept the day and night crowds of gfy informed of your mission.

polish_aristocrat · 10-18-2006, 03:04 AM

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Originally Posted by scottybuzz

Just remember Will that if it hadnt been for my continuous bumping of these threads, you may have got a lot less support.

will76 · 10-18-2006, 03:05 AM

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Originally Posted by scottybuzz

Just remember Will that if it hadnt been for my continuous bumping of these threads, you may have got a lot less support. I kept the day and night crowds of gfy informed of your mission.

yeap and Missie, Jayeff, and tons of others who have took this and ran with it, kept it going.

A total team effort all the way down to the sig whores bumping threads for us.

I am ready for round 3 with this adware shit. Anyone else ready ?

Brujah · 10-18-2006, 09:32 AM

god job Will, maybe you should be in PR

Keith Smith · 10-18-2006, 09:35 AM

Thank you, Will. You may have created some adversity which although may look bad for a few days has increased our affiliate base by 10% as well as increased our surfer base. Our surfers love our tool bar and it's ease of use. Again, a big thank you from Zango, Inc.

Keith Smith
CEO Zango, Inc.

baddog · 10-18-2006, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Keith Smith

Thank you, Will. You may have created some adversity which although may look bad for a few days has increased our affiliate base by 10% as well as increased our surfer base. Our surfers love our tool bar and it's ease of use. Again, a big thank you from Zango, Inc.

Keith Smith
CEO Zango, Inc.

Oh come now, this is GFY. You must have an increase of at least 47% for anyone to believe you.

seeric · 10-18-2006, 09:39 AM

great. all that does is educate more people that there are ways to steal traffic from other people. lol. it should be given no press and a way found to rid the earth of them.

elasticatedman · 10-18-2006, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Keith Smith

Thank you, Will. You may have created some adversity which although may look bad for a few days has increased our affiliate base by 10% as well as increased our surfer base. Our surfers love our tool bar and it's ease of use. Again, a big thank you from Zango, Inc.

Keith Smith
CEO Zango, Inc.

The redundant apostrophe killed it for me.

OzMan · 10-18-2006, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by elasticatedman

The redundant apostrophe killed it for me.

he had me at "Thank you,"

Dollarmansteve · 10-18-2006, 11:30 AM

you're ready for the big time!

<insert mary tyler moore theme song>

will76 · 10-18-2006, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by A1R3K

great. all that does is educate more people that there are ways to steal traffic from other people. lol. it should be given no press and a way found to rid the earth of them.

The only way for this to hurt us if for more people to get infected. If people start buying traffic from companies like zango all that does is drive up the cost for the traffic and makes their campaigns less profitable. Either way the traffic is stolen from me whether they paid .04 for it or .40 for it.

I am sure some people stopped promoting installs like zangocash, I know there were people who using it that had no idea they were shooting themselves in the foot. You would have to be a complete moron to promote an install like that and also be an affiliate to other adult sites or mainstream for that matter, now that you know how it works.

I am sure some surfers read these articles and are now educated. I would hope the majority of the adult industry is now educated and sponsors now have to be accountable if they support it.

Maybe a little bad came out of it, but i think the good FAR out weights it. It is better then the alternative of doing nothing, saying nothing.

_Lush_ · 10-18-2006, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Dollarmansteve

you're ready for the big time!

<insert mary tyler moore theme song>

I was thinking this song would sound good too
<insert greatest american heroe theme song>

RawAlex · 10-18-2006, 11:50 AM

Nothing like fake nick shills coming on to try to cover things over.

Will, keep it up. I have some ideas...

VexXxed · 10-18-2006, 11:50 AM

Will,

Once you have a domain/page setup with extensive info on how Zango/adware effects affiliates, what sponsors accept adware traffic, which sponsors actually bid on adware traffic, etc... let me know as I would like to link to this info from various webmaster related sites. Your efforts have been great but I would need to have links to like 30 gfy threads to push this information home, currently.

-V

nastynun · 10-18-2006, 12:05 PM

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Zango parent company 180solutions was in hot water with the Justice Department earlier this year. The Federal Trade Commission received a formal complaint from the Center for Democracy and Technology claiming that the adware maker continues ?deceptive and unfair? methods in distributing software that generate popup ads.

In the complaint, the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit group told the FTC that 180solutions has ?remained brazenly reckless in its efforts to get its software on users? computers.? The CDT said it expects injunctions and penalties against 180solutions through the FTC. The company is best known for a 2004 incident in which it was accused of stealing commissions from its own affiliates.

I agree with Vex a site needs to be set up about all this. Even links to where people can contact the DOJ and FTC concerning this whole mess.

Is there a "black list" of affiliate programs using it?

Verbal · 10-18-2006, 12:18 PM

It's only a matter of time before companies like Zango end up fucking the same webmasters who are fucking us now .. while they laugh all the way to the bank.

There's a special place in hell

Doctor Dre · 10-18-2006, 12:19 PM

I have to say that for once GFY is doing something really positive

Doctor Dre · 10-18-2006, 12:19 PM

I have to say that for once GFY is doing something really positive

ae-sc · 10-18-2006, 01:56 PM

definitely a good thing

good work gfy

FreeHugeMovies · 10-18-2006, 01:58 PM

Fight the power

RawAlex · 10-18-2006, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Verbal

It's only a matter of time before companies like Zango end up fucking the same webmasters who are fucking us now .. while they laugh all the way to the bank.

There's a special place in hell

It's the best part, the part that people like Sexsearch and AFF haven't figured out yet: Zango will fuck you over too for 1 cent a click more. They don't care, they will rape your traffic and fuck your business up unless you pay them MORE, MORE, MORE!

You would be better off getting a linen service in New York at this point.

Alex

will76 · 10-18-2006, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Verbal

It's only a matter of time before companies like Zango end up fucking the same webmasters who are fucking us now .. while they laugh all the way to the bank.

There's a special place in hell

matter of time?? they already shifted the blame on this whole thing on AFF. So they are already fucking their partners. If zango would not have tossed the hot potatoe to AFF, AFF would have likely never replied to the "speculation" that was going on here. When Zango point blank said AFF was running those campaigns and basically over writting cookies (AFF said this is not how it works) then AFF has no option but to address this issues.

Zango is in this for zango, they dont care who they step on, take sales from, screw, whatever.

will76 · 10-18-2006, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by nastynun

I agree with Vex a site needs to be set up about all this. Even links to where people can contact the DOJ and FTC concerning this whole mess.

Is there a "black list" of affiliate programs using it?

I just registered the domain " spywareblacklist.com " i am busy as hell with my own stuff but will try to get a site up in the next week or so. I am open to ideas / suggestions. Right now I am thinking, covering both "adware" companies and how they work, articles and news about them and also sponsors who support them and how they deal with it. Especially pointing out the sponsors who accept this type of traffc.
Have some helpfull links, some rss feeds, maybe blog or comments area. ??

mikeyddddd · 10-18-2006, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Keith Smith

Again, a big thank you from Zango, Inc.

And fuck you very much

VexXxed · 10-18-2006, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by will76

I just registered the domain " spywareblacklist.com " i am busy as hell with my own stuff but will try to get a site up in the next week or so. I am open to ideas / suggestions.

Nice... I say just throw wordpress up on it with a few links to your gfy posts for now!

Missie · 10-18-2006, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by will76

I just registered the domain " spywareblacklist.com " i am busy as hell with my own stuff but will try to get a site up in the next week or so. I am open to ideas / suggestions. Right now I am thinking, covering both "adware" companies and how they work, articles and news about them and also sponsors who support them and how they deal with it. Especially pointing out the sponsors who accept this type of traffc.
Have some helpfull links, some rss feeds, maybe blog or comments area. ??

Careful with that. That site could easily become under constant DDOS attacks, hacked, and you know the rest. There are already sites that do that, in mainstream anyway. Contact them, maybe you can form some type of partnership and share info. Make sure you're 100% covered in the eyes of the law, because those scums have no scruples but they have a lot more money than you do.

Missie

V_RocKs · 10-18-2006, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by scottybuzz

Just remember Will that if it hadnt been for my continuous bumping of these threads, you may have got a lot less support. I kept the day and night crowds of gfy informed of your mission.

Thanks...

will76 · 10-19-2006, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Missie

Careful with that. That site could easily become under constant DDOS attacks, hacked, and you know the rest. There are already sites that do that, in mainstream anyway. Contact them, maybe you can form some type of partnership and share info. Make sure you're 100% covered in the eyes of the law, because those scums have no scruples but they have a lot more money than you do.

Missie

Ok so who wants to host it ? lol

I host all my stuff in house but i don't mind paying $10 or whatever it cost a month to someone else if you really think it will be under constant attack. I am confident my network can handle it but why deal with it if you only have to spend $10 and not have to waste time fighting the possible attacks.

hosting suggestions ?

SmutGiant · 10-19-2006, 12:41 AM

looks like a great start for a crusade with a worthy cause to me...

keep up the great work everyone!

Troels · 10-19-2006, 01:28 AM

I'll send traffic, bump like crazy, threaten, blacklist, whatever it takes.
Did sexsearch ever answer?
I think it's time to begin a shit campaign with one sponsor.

ilbb · 10-19-2006, 02:17 AM

bump for you

AndyA · 10-19-2006, 05:05 AM

ZANGO sucks! what a pain to get rid of

Elixir · 10-19-2006, 05:27 AM

just bumo for you

en21 · 10-19-2006, 05:36 AM

Zango is full of shit.... I hate spyware...

nastynun · 10-19-2006, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by will76

I just registered the domain " spywareblacklist.com " i am busy as hell with my own stuff but will try to get a site up in the next week or so. I am open to ideas / suggestions. Right now I am thinking, covering both "adware" companies and how they work, articles and news about them and also sponsors who support them and how they deal with it. Especially pointing out the sponsors who accept this type of traffc.
Have some helpfull links, some rss feeds, maybe blog or comments area. ??

Good! Yes do get some legal advice before the site goes live.

Hosting you might check into phatservers.com they have plans from $10 and up.

SomeCreep · 10-19-2006, 03:34 PM

Zango sucks horse eggs

marketsmart · 10-19-2006, 03:45 PM

lots of press on it

will76 · 10-20-2006, 01:43 AM

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Originally Posted by nastynun

Good! Yes do get some legal advice before the site goes live.

Hosting you might check into phatservers.com they have plans from $10 and up.

thanks I hope to get to this soon.

if i could only clone myself 10x.

fuzzylogic · 10-20-2006, 04:27 AM

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Originally Posted by scottybuzz

Just remember Will that if it hadnt been for my continuous bumping of these threads, you may have got a lot less support. I kept the day and night crowds of gfy informed of your mission.

there is a crapposter thread. u might wanna hit that up

edit
oh and good work

Ben_MN · 10-20-2006, 07:00 AM

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Originally Posted by will76

I am ready for round 3 with this adware shit. Anyone else ready ?

MN's in!. Just got a report back from Kellie @ Affiliate Fair Play - all MoreNiche sites are pop up free!

For all those guys trolling her, she has a real standing in the mainstream online community, a very popular speaker at conferences, have to respect her kicking her shit on gfy!! She didnt have to do that, and share the info she did.

But we're not getting complacent, more testing will be done, and we'll be coming after every single Zango Ad popper with a vengance.

bringer · 10-20-2006, 07:32 AM

http://www.benedelman.org/spyware/180-affiliates/

jayeff · 10-20-2006, 10:36 AM

I guess the topic did hold up rather better than is usually the case with business issues and for once GFY put other boards to shame.

However for perspective, the most popular of the various threads barely made the current top 30 and in terms of responses fared even less well, being beaten out by such mind-numbing topics as "Hot Women with Clothes On" and "I found some naked pics!" (that must have been hard). And it's a pity we couldn't have found the common will (no pun intended) to keep the issue alive and give them some direction, because for the thieves it is still business as usual and the rest of us continue to be screwed.

Which I realize is a prompt for someone to pipe up about discussions behind the scenes, but please spare me. Missie replied along those lines to a post of mine last week and my reaction was well that's one of the final nails in that coffin...

Nikki_Licks · 10-20-2006, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Keith Smith

Thank you, Will. You may have created some adversity which although may look bad for a few days has increased our affiliate base by 10% as well as increased our surfer base. Our surfers love our tool bar and it's ease of use. Again, a big thank you from Zango, Inc.

Keith Smith
CEO Zango, Inc.

stickyfingerz · 06-18-2007, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by will76

matter of time?? they already shifted the blame on this whole thing on AFF. So they are already fucking their partners. If zango would not have tossed the hot potatoe to AFF, AFF would have likely never replied to the "speculation" that was going on here. When Zango point blank said AFF was running those campaigns and basically over writting cookies (AFF said this is not how it works) then AFF has no option but to address this issues.

Zango is in this for zango, they dont care who they step on, take sales from, screw, whatever.

Quote:

Originally Posted by will76

I just registered the domain " spywareblacklist.com " i am busy as hell with my own stuff but will try to get a site up in the next week or so. I am open to ideas / suggestions. Right now I am thinking, covering both "adware" companies and how they work, articles and news about them and also sponsors who support them and how they deal with it. Especially pointing out the sponsors who accept this type of traffc.
Have some helpfull links, some rss feeds, maybe blog or comments area. ??

So did Zango stop overwriting URLs Will? I dont understand why you stopped going after them. Were you not on a crusade to stop Zango? Yet havent heard you go after them? Did they get to you Will? Did they pay you off to be quite? Wait OMG Will did they kidnap a family member? Will do they currently have bombs placed in or around your living area and or car? Will do you need help? Are you in harms way Will?

Did you get that domain name up and running Will?

Just answer me what factor was changed by Zango? Did they change something that made you not want to pursue your crusade anymore?

stickyfingerz · 06-18-2007, 04:09 PM

Will I dont see much progress...

www.spywareblacklist.com

Mr Pheer · 06-18-2007, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by will76

I am ready for round 3 with this adware shit. Anyone else ready ?

Lets start with a lawsuit against Bama. He claims to be the inventor of spyware, I'm sure the masses of general public that have spent money on spyware removers would love a piece of this as well.

HouseHead · 06-18-2007, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by will76

yeap and Missie, Jayeff, and tons of others who have took this and ran with it, kept it going.

A total team effort all the way down to the sig whores bumping threads for us.

I am ready for round 3 with this adware shit. Anyone else ready ?

RIP Jayeff...

stickyfingerz · 06-18-2007, 04:49 PM

Can anyone show me valid proof that Zango changed anything? What changed?

Xenophage · 06-18-2007, 04:52 PM

No matter what people say I was very right Will had an agenda from the beginning.

10-18-2006, 03:00 AM	#1
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10-18-2006, 03:04 AM	#2
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10-18-2006, 09:32 AM	#5
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10-18-2006, 11:30 AM	#11
Dollarmansteve Confirmed User Join Date: May 2005 Location: T.O. Posts: 2,849	you're ready for the big time! <insert mary tyler moore theme song> __________________ I died.

10-18-2006, 11:50 AM	#15
VexXxed Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: What Bitch? Posts: 544	Will, Once you have a domain/page setup with extensive info on how Zango/adware effects affiliates, what sponsors accept adware traffic, which sponsors actually bid on adware traffic, etc... let me know as I would like to link to this info from various webmaster related sites. Your efforts have been great but I would need to have links to like 30 gfy threads to push this information home, currently. -V __________________

10-18-2006, 09:35 AM	#6
Keith Smith Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 28	Thank you, Will. You may have created some adversity which although may look bad for a few days has increased our affiliate base by 10% as well as increased our surfer base. Our surfers love our tool bar and it's ease of use. Again, a big thank you from Zango, Inc. Keith Smith CEO Zango, Inc.

10-18-2006, 09:39 AM	#8
seeric .......... Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: .......... Posts: 41,917	great. all that does is educate more people that there are ways to steal traffic from other people. lol. it should be given no press and a way found to rid the earth of them.

10-18-2006, 11:50 AM	#14
RawAlex So Fucking Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: In a house. Posts: 9,465	Nothing like fake nick shills coming on to try to cover things over. Will, keep it up. I have some ideas...

10-18-2006, 12:18 PM	#17
Verbal Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,420	It's only a matter of time before companies like Zango end up fucking the same webmasters who are fucking us now .. while they laugh all the way to the bank. There's a special place in hell

10-18-2006, 01:56 PM	#20
ae-sc Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: the coast ICQ:359-484-875 Posts: 507	definitely a good thing good work gfy __________________ Unlimited Domains, DNS Wild Cards, Unlimited POP3 Accounts, Unlimited Email Forwarding, Full CGI And Perl Access, PHP/MySql As Always, 1/2 Price DreamHost Accounts (Adult Friendly) using the Code "SLASHHALF"

10-18-2006, 01:58 PM	#21
FreeHugeMovies Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 14,137	Fight the power

10-19-2006, 12:41 AM	#30
SmutGiant Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 4,895	looks like a great start for a crusade with a worthy cause to me... keep up the great work everyone!

10-19-2006, 01:28 AM	#31
Troels Confirmed User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Between the clouds Posts: 1,035	I'll send traffic, bump like crazy, threaten, blacklist, whatever it takes. Did sexsearch ever answer? I think it's time to begin a shit campaign with one sponsor. __________________ These guys steal your signups: Read here. And sexsearch.com profit from it. Check out which sponsors pay thieves here. And here's a list of clean sponsors.

10-19-2006, 02:17 AM	#32
ilbb Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2005 Location: EU - Czech republic Posts: 3,025	bump for you

10-19-2006, 05:05 AM	#33
AndyA So Fucking Banned Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Tampa, Fl. Posts: 1,670	ZANGO sucks! what a pain to get rid of

10-19-2006, 05:27 AM	#34
Elixir CHECK MY SIG-AMAZING SITE Join Date: May 2006 Location: ICQ: 210-874-419 Posts: 12,870	just bumo for you __________________ SIG FOR SALE ICQ 210874419

10-19-2006, 05:36 AM	#35
en21 Confirmed User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 2,640	Zango is full of shit.... I hate spyware... __________________ Free Asian Sex : http://www.asian4free.com Free Amateur Sex : http://www.lustamateur.com Free Porn : http://www.mysexbookmark.com Free Sex : http://www.goliathlist.com Free Hardcore : http://www.xlust.com Sex For Free : http://www.sexforfee.com

10-19-2006, 03:34 PM	#37
SomeCreep :glugglug Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Where the Wild Things Are Posts: 26,118	Zango sucks horse eggs __________________ Webair Hosting I use and recommend Webair for hosting.

10-19-2006, 03:45 PM	#38
marketsmart HOMICIDAL TROLL KILLER Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sunnybrook Institution for the Criminally Insane Posts: 20,419	lots of press on it

10-20-2006, 07:32 AM	#42
bringer i have man boobies Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: van down by the river Posts: 13,082	http://www.benedelman.org/spyware/180-affiliates/ __________________ 333-765-551

10-20-2006, 10:36 AM	#43
jayeff Confirmed User Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 2,944	I guess the topic did hold up rather better than is usually the case with business issues and for once GFY put other boards to shame. However for perspective, the most popular of the various threads barely made the current top 30 and in terms of responses fared even less well, being beaten out by such mind-numbing topics as "Hot Women with Clothes On" and "I found some naked pics!" (that must have been hard). And it's a pity we couldn't have found the common will (no pun intended) to keep the issue alive and give them some direction, because for the thieves it is still business as usual and the rest of us continue to be screwed. Which I realize is a prompt for someone to pipe up about discussions behind the scenes, but please spare me. Missie replied along those lines to a post of mine last week and my reaction was well that's one of the final nails in that coffin...

06-18-2007, 04:09 PM	#46
stickyfingerz Doin fine Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 24,983	Will I dont see much progress... www.spywareblacklist.com

06-18-2007, 04:49 PM	#49
stickyfingerz Doin fine Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 24,983	Can anyone show me valid proof that Zango changed anything? What changed?

06-18-2007, 04:52 PM	#50
Xenophage Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 12,122	No matter what people say I was very right Will had an agenda from the beginning.