Pay Per Install - ZangoCash?

zango is pure evil, whenever I load a site with it I close my browser window. Just because they pay you you shouldn't be allowed to speak for them because we all know that you are promoting zango. I had it installed on my machine and it was causing my IE to malfunction. Yes, it was easy to uninstall it but it still left some adware behind.

 

LMAO.
I used to PPI for loud cash, zango, and cash4toolbar

Its 100% spyware.
Tell your buddy he's a scumbag.

 

I can't believe you guys spread adware for a few dollars. But is this really true that ad blockers, firewalls, anti spyware block AFFILIATE COOKIES, that means that some of you have sold something and you did not get paid for it, that really sucks, I wonder how many percentage does this happends too.

 

Who cares if its spyware or not...its all business, and thats how they make money. Spyware will always be around! Without it anti-spyware companies would be out of business. Sign up for ZangoCash and start making money and stop crying if its spyware or not!

 

Spreading it is only helping thieves and if you run any affiliate sites yourself, ZangoCash is also stealing from you... congratulations!

 

Some idiotic responses in this thread. Don't know who to put in first, fryman or stuntasticaudi.

 

Puting adware on peoples computer is wrong, it messes the computer, and its very anoying to users. Plus I believe puting spyware on peoples computer is illegal in some counties, which it should be. Also putting spyware on your computer will hurt you in the long run.

 

spyware is a so generic term... I dont like zango, but I don't think it's spyware...they are just probably giving you unwanted ads/popups, they don't actually spy/steal cookies, etc

 

it might not be a spyware but definatly a ADWARE..

whatever it is its not good for webmasters, it often setals traffic...

 

Good article for sure!

 

basically they should be CLOSED by some government or something!!!

Basically you get paid to distribute stuff that they will later use to replace everything, so if the particular visitor buys something online, most likelly all commisions from that computer will be credited to the zango!!!

I really don't POPUP BLOCKERS, COOCKIE BLOCKERS and most of all - SPYWARES/ADWARES!!!

 

Yes, they do. Programs from 180solutions are cookie-cannons... if you are infested with one of their programs and you then do some online shopping, you will very likely be giving Zango/180 some money in affiliate commissions. They are affiliates with most major online retailers through CJ and LinkShare. Whenever you shop and Zango sees that it can make a commission, it will pop and set a cookie (stealing from the proper affiliate... which may be you).

 

Could we develop anty spyware/adware that would kill these zango?

 

Many of the anti-spyware programs already target it, even Symantec.

"Remove Zango"
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...GL:2005-09,GGGL:en&q=remove+zango&btnG=Search

 

180 Solutions is a wellknown Adware and Parasite spenders.... there toolbar and other founded adwars are detacted by Microsoft Antispyware....

 

Is there other way how to protect content and make money like with zango? Zango stopped its agressive ActiveX and now it is different. They are just trying to make money like others. I dont think that zango is stealing cookies. They wouldnt survive too long with stealing and they are long now online to be some stealing company.
There are affiliate programs which open get thousands of webmasters to run promotion and than disapear and dont pay. I think this is worse. Zango pays on time and they are trying to find way how to maximalize revenue.

 

Is Zango content exclusive? If not, what sources do they pull from?

I agree they suck. I clicked on a video that I didn't even end up watching and they installed crap on my machine. Had to uninstall, run spyware program and searched my files to delete the remaining garbage.

Where do they get the celeb videos from? They have some good content I would like for my site but I think it is bad business to screw up peoples computers.

 

Than start using them

 

I believe the problem is their alleged deceptive practices in the past as 180. Apparently their new incarnation Zango boasts of some sort of double opt-in requirement to prove they've changed, but I saw a video on Ben Edelman's website which showed forced Zango installs that bypassed it entirely.

 

I cannot agree that current Zango installations are better. As JP says, some current Zango installations remain nonconsensual, despite the company's many promises to the contrary. But even when a user presses a button to confirm installation, the circumstances and disclosures shown to the user are highly suspect. When you see Zango on a user's computer, the best response is not "you must want this," but rather "how did they trick you into installing this?"

Zango definitely still claims affiliate commissions on merchants' organic traffic -- "stealing cookies" as webmoney puts it. I document this for my merchant clients.