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  • spacedog
    Yes that IS me. Bitch.
    • Nov 2001
    • 14149

    #1

    Do you want to redirect Zango infected traffic?

    Just posting code for those who want to use it.

    By placing this code in your .htaccess, users with zango installed will be detected & redirected to a page of your choice.

    On that page you should include instructions to that user explaining to them why they're on that page & how to remove zango. You can also use google adwords or any other ad system, or even sell anti spyware, or no ads at all.. your call..

    According to my own stats, zango infected users account for a very minimal amount of visitors..

    From somewhere around 740K unique visitors over the last month & half to my entire domain portfolio, 616 users were detected.. 11 of those users clicked a google ad making $2.23


    anyway, here is the code.. change the url to your domain

    Code:
    RewriteEngine On 
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} zango [NC]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*ZangoToolbar.*$ [NC]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*Seekmo.*$ [NC]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*hbtools.*$ [NC]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*hotbar.*$ [NC]
    RewriteRule ^$ http://www.yourdomain.com/zango.htm [R]

    btw, anyone got zango user agents I may be missing?
    Last edited by spacedog; 10-07-2007, 06:24 AM.
  • polish_aristocrat
    Too lazy to set a custom title
    • Jul 2002
    • 40377

    #2
    Originally posted by spacedog
    According to my own stats, zango infected users account for a very minimal amount of visitors..

    From somewhere around 740K unique visitors over the last month & half to my entire domain portfolio, 616 users were detected..
    that's really not much

    I've seen people saying that about 2% of their surfers are zangofected.
    I don't use ICQ anymore.

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    • spacedog
      Yes that IS me. Bitch.
      • Nov 2001
      • 14149

      #3
      I forgot to mention, you need to redirect the user to a domain outside of this .htaccess & do not use this in the .htaccess of the domain you're sending them to, otherwise it'll create a loop

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      • spacedog
        Yes that IS me. Bitch.
        • Nov 2001
        • 14149

        #4
        Originally posted by polish_aristocrat
        that's really not much

        I've seen people saying that about 2% of their surfers are zangofected.
        I review my hardlink & traffic trades carefully.

        If someone is trading with sites that use certain contextual & ppc ads, the chances of getting zango infected users is higher because alot of people promoting zango buy the ppc/contextual ads.. Some of these contextual ads probably promote/advertise zango themselves.. like adultadworld

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        • Headless
          Registered User
          • Jan 2001
          • 26727

          #5
          but for a great thread

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          • cezam
            Confirmed User
            • Jun 2003
            • 1363

            #6
            I did some analysis over my logs and 1.48% of visitors are zango positive. My traffic is almost 95% google based.

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            • CheneyRumsfeld
              Confirmed User
              • Sep 2004
              • 1341

              #7
              740k 616 11 $2.23
              thats one hell of a conversion ratio.
              where do I sign up

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              • woj
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                • Jul 2002
                • 47880

                #8
                Why redirect it? It's not like they overwrite affiliate codes, do they? They just pop up popups?
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                • c-lo
                  Confirmed User
                  • May 2005
                  • 925

                  #9
                  Useful thread bump. Thanks spacedog.
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