Is this the Zango thing that's something to do with 180Solutions? A quick
Google search led me to
this page which is a long read, but does confirm that an infected computer can override affiliate codes and the Zango/180Solutions affiliates will get the credit for any sale.
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In my testing, 180 software specifically and systematically causes merchants' tracking systems to conclude that users reached merchants' sites thanks to 180's efforts, even when users actually reached merchants on their own or through other affiliates. As a result, merchants pay commissions to 180 even when no commission is properly payable (under affiliate program rules), i.e. when users reach merchants' sites without receiving bona fide recommendations from independent affiliate web sites. In addition, 180 causes merchants to pay commissions to 180 even when commission is properly payable to other affiliates -- who actually recommended, encouraged, and facilitated users' purchases from the merchants.
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