Webmasters can help fight Zango, thanks to Jim from over at Greenguy & Jim BBS.
From their newsletter:
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With all the talk about Zango these past few weeks, I think the best offense is a great defence. And to me, education of the surfer is the key.
I have come up with a page that both will scare the surfer and explain how to get rid of this software. I also have an htaccess file that twill detect Zango users and redirect them to this page.
I need to let you know that this page is only m way to help the surfers clean their PCs. There are not nor will there ever be any ads on this page. And, it will always be there for your surfers. You really have nothing to lose...you won't make any money from these surfers anyway.
Here is the url for the page I created...
http://www.adwaresucks.com/zango
And the htaccess file can be found here...
http://www.adwaresucks.com/zango/zangohtaccess.txt
You may use this if you would like. We have tested it and it appears to be working very well.
As more of these adware/spyware products surface that will take money from webmasters and programs alike, I will make a new directory, page and htaccess file.
I hope all of this helps.
Jim
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I intend to use this method on my sites. Hopefully some of you jump on board and help in the fight (while better protecting your traffic).