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If all their installs are so squeaky clean why did they just get fined by the FTC?
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These fines occured years ago before the company merger between hotbar & 180solutions. These fines were very light considering the size of the operation they were running illegally. This allowed them to gain the stranglehold they currently have on the industry.
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To say that Zango / Seekmo / Hotbar / 180solutions / Metricsdirect software is easy to uninstall is almost true, depending on how and where you get it. But it certainly leaves a lot of artery clogging shit behind.
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Zango doesn't leave much behind at all. It is a clean installation and removal, and they even go above and beyond what is required off them for providing removal instructions.
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If you don't think you are losing sales to this type of software...
Even today you can lose a sale by Zango software popping up someones page that is identical to the page you just sent that surfer to. If that is not facilitating theft, what is? If a surfer is on AFF, why is there any reason to pop another full page of AFF, if not to steal that customer?
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Legally, it isn't theft. There has been a history of shadyness around the IT industry from the start. I would be surprised if you could name one big name IT company that didn't get the top by playing dirty.
Everyone should be focused more on the hackers who are actually infecting users instead of consenting users who install Zango.
I hate Zango also, and in no way am I supporting them. However, they are playing within the rules and certainly had a unique idea which has made them rich.