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[Greenguy]

I know this isn't Zango - I was just using that as an example

The best thing we can do with programs like videoscash (I think they have been mentioned around here before) is not use them.

It just aggravates me when someone joins the board & their 1st post is a diary of how so & so is bad.

[Viper]

Originally Posted by Greenie

It just aggravates me when someone joins the board & their 1st post is a diary of how so & so is bad.

I hear ya..

Originally Posted by Greenie

The best thing we can do with programs like videoscash (I think they have been mentioned around here before) is not use them.

Agreed, but the reality is that it doesn't matter to them since they're stealing our sales via swaping out affiliate codes, taking over the surfers DNS and redirecting them to their own sites and or 'fake" join pages to get CC info, they use it to set up bot networks to send out their spam... We're nothing more than a source of traffic for these people.

The only thing we as WMs can do is tighten up our "networks" to ensure we only deal with known entities and don't let anyone unknown in. If we accept submissions, ensure the "trust" factor is high on all levels (the WM, their sponsors, their hosting etc.).. And write far more complex software and systems to detect "cheaters" and their networks etc.

Other than that, it's really up to the sponsors, i.e. always follow the money.. They need to seriously audit their affiliates.. The processors really need to audit the companies dealing with them as well.

But everyone is so busy chasing the dollars bills for today, I don't really see anything major happening.

[Greenguy]

Originally Posted by Viper

....Agreed, but the reality is that it doesn't matter to them since they're stealing our sales via swaping out affiliate codes, taking over the surfers DNS and redirecting them to their own sites and or 'fake" join pages to get CC info, they use it to set up bot networks to send out their spam... We're nothing more than a source of traffic for these people....

I hear ya too

Back to Zango as an example: we find a way to inform surfers they're "infected" & they know about it because it's hard to inform everyone but them - lol - so they find a work around & we're back to where we started.

I agree that everyone should be looking at who they trade with & whatnot - it's just like we're fighting a loosing battle...but we keep fighting none-the-less