Quick Links: SpywareGuide Greynets Blog | SpywareGuide Product Database | SpywareGuide Company Database | SpywareGuide Categories
SpywareGuide powered by FaceTime Security Labs
Search SpywareGuide Greynets Database & Site
Security Email Alerts & Updates
Search the Blog
 
Recent Posts
Categories
Monthly Blog Archives
Links
Subscribe
Subscribe to this blog's feed
About the Blog
About SpywareGuide Greynets Blog
Link to Us
Link to SpywareGuide.com

« CDT Releases Following The Money Trail Part Two | Main | Latest Briefing from the Center for Democracy and Technology »

  • Another Dubious Affiliate for Zango?

Zango haven't been out of the news recently - we've seen Myspace, Warner Brothers and the CDT (Center for Democracy and Technology) all added to the mix and the end-result is probably as fatiguing for the reader as it is for the people writing about it!

However, yet another tale has come to light, and it's not a particularly pleasant one. A pornographic website promoting videos provided by Zango (a pornographic website which, it should be noted, appears in many PC hijacks as you can see here) seems to be attracting visitors by means of a dubious keywords scam.

What's happened is that numerous websites have been set up, stuffed with keywords of an incredibly disgusting nature, that redirect you to the Zango content. A list of keywords has been collected in PDF format by Sunbelt Software. Be warned - it is not pleasant.

You can see thoughts on this from Suzi Turner, Sunbelt and myself.

I'm sure more will be adding their thoughts on this in due course...

  • TrackBack

Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Another Dubious Affiliate for Zango?:

» The Zango Double-dip ? from The SpywareGuide Greynets Blog
There have been a lot of articles and posts about Zango.  Most of them focus on the installation practices, lack of user notification and even how the company recently got fined by the FCC. This article is not one of... [Read More]


Site EULA | Site Map | Contact Us | About Us | Site and Spyware FAQ | Advertise | RSS Feeds  | Link To Us | SpywareGuide JapanJapanese

© Copyright 2006, FaceTime Communications, Inc. All rights reserved.