[MrYum]

Originally Posted by KG Gary

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.

Yep, 180Solitions became Zango or owns it or some such shit...but they're definitley affiliated.

That site is a great resource to read up on this crap.

Originally Posted by pornhitzman

Zango and 180solutions is a plague! They steal your sales by poping up windows with their advertisers affiliate codes which overwrites your cookie.

This is how these scumbags deliver their traffic and they are stealing sales from all of us!
http://www.metricsdirect.com/whatwed...ngyourads.aspx

A guy at another board installed zango on his computer and this is what happens when he clicks the AFF link at hoes.

http://www.teamclickcash.com/tmp/hoes.html

and jays

http://www.teamclickcash.com/tmp/jayxxxlinks.html

never ever promote a scumbag company like Zango (180solutions)!

Exactly, they're fucking parasites

Originally Posted by Mr. Blue

Gotta give credit to Will76 for not letting the topic drop...have to admit I only knew about the install crap, but didn't know about the stealing sales thing until he posted it.

You and me both! I'd heard of stuff like this too, but had no idea how widespread it was (and getting worse by the day).

Completely agree...damn glad Will is pursuing this

Originally Posted by KG Gary

Is there a specific removal tool out there, (like the one called CWShredder - created for that horrible CoolWebSearch thing), that would remove this zango shite from a surfer's computer but NOT erase all regular affiliates cookies etc?
Maybe link lists/tgps/everyone possible could link to such a tool and inform surfers that "you might be getting screwed by adware crap - remove it quickly here", or something.
Just a thought.

From what I've seen so far, no...there is no single tool that will remove it. Apparently running several tools in sequence will do the job though. But, it is an arduous process that most home users wouldn't undertake.

That said, as soon as I can get to it and have done some more research...I will be posting some links on my main sites. Informing surfers that if they see pop ups or odd looking text links on the site, their systems are compromised. And providing links to removal tools.

Originally Posted by Jim

I wondered when something like this thing would be launched. Sparky mentioned that there is something new coming that will actually over write your ccbill affiliate code with theirs. Watch for posts by people wanting to sign up to any and all ccbill programs.

Sadly Jim, from what I've seen so far...they're not the only ones doing this. And exactly as Sparky suggested, it's most likely going to get worse before it gets better

All that said, this has given me a business idea I intend to exploit locally. Might as well make a few bucks removing this shit from friends/neighbors and their friends/neighbors computers. Kind of one way of getting some of my lost sales back. Unfortunately, it comes out of the end users pocket...but there's not much I can do about that.

Again, most end users aren't geeky enough to remove this kind of shit. Besides, it always feels good to give someone back a clean system...and get paid for it too