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Originally Posted by TheDoc
And all affiliate programs know about spyware/malware problems.. It's not some hidden or dark kept secret.
Some programs simply do not get targeted due to size. Others have sent CD letters to the companies, and the companies do respond rather well. In general it is almost impossible for us or you to detect/find spyware problems.
And for the record..... The spyware problem is way way worse than a few affiliates on a few affiliate programs stealing cookies. Spyware "can" change the entire tour/joinpage/processor page/login page - without the surfer knowing about it. Spyware can turn on and off at different times, for scans, and rebuild and spread on its own.
Even these cookie stealing systems can be set steal to a %, or only to be ran from some countries. It's way more advanced and a problem than you think, way outside of our reach, just like yours.
Like I said.. In general, almost all affiliate programs do not support or want this type of traffic.
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I totally agree with you, but that shouldn't mean that we should not try every possibility to keep it down, to expose as many cheaters and scammers as possible. I'am rather trying to actualy do something than just saying it's nothing i can do against because it's just not true. If every tgp/mgp webmaster watches his trade partners closely for installs and reports them to the sponsors as well as cheater forums so other people are aware that they should not trade with such sites than a first and important step is done by reducing the traffic and income such people can make.
Again, that's why i thought about the idea with the reward system as this would mobilize realy a big percentage of webmasters and it would be a win/win situation for both. The honest webmaster reporting the shit getting a reward and the sponsor for saving a huge percentage as well + it would again raise the level of the conversations for all honest webmasters, so what speaks against that??