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It seems companies are finally starting to wake up to spyware issues. We have an extra machine that we load up with spyware / adware to see how it effects our sites and some friends.
Spyware though, seems to be getting taken care of pretty quickly with the MS spyware software. At least in my opinion it seems MS is on top of the spyware issue now.
Adware on the other hand really bothers me. I guess it?s legal. Toolbars from adult companies and non-adult companies pop full sites / ads over our sites. Quick enough the surfer wouldn't notice. If the surfer is looking for my boob site, they are shown another companies boob site. Now this doesn't happen to every site or every program, but it sure as hell does happen. Maybe as high as 20% of your traffic is affected from what I guess.
How about webmasters on your program that steal signups from other webmasters on your program? Yeah, it gets that crazy.
A lot of programs allow traffic to be sent through toolbars and other adware products. From what I understand it's a HUGE source of traffic/signups. After all it's easy work stealing traffic from your competition / friends.
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