Yahoo Used in Spyware Click-Fraud Scheme

Discussion in 'Publisher Network' started by bluegill_catcher, Apr 17, 2006.

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    Quote - "Through its Overture pay-per-click search division, Yahoo has been found facilitating fraudulent clíck activity generated by known spyware makers including 180solutions, Intermix, and Direct Revenue. The Spyware - Click-Fraud Connection -- and Yahoo's Role Revisited, (Apr. 4, 06), shows how at least a dozen different spyware firms redirect Internet users searches through their servers, inserting Overture ad links on unrelated websites or with pop-ups triggered by those sites."

    News link here:
    http://www.benedelman.org/news/040406-1.html
     
    bluegill_catcher, Apr 17, 2006 IP