Webmasters that create sites to distribute Spyware

[RawAlex]

Hooper, your "program" is an invasion of my privacy, your modifying my computer without permission, and redirecting me to a site I don't want to use.

it sucks.

Serge, some of the best known people on this board, friends of friends, use various scumware to strip referal codes, redirect surfers (people who try to visit sites like the hun, tommys and other major link / tgp sites are redirected). I had one VERY well known person here explain to me exactly how they did it, having added it into a program that people would commonly download.

One of the 4free type programs (since closed) had a toolbar (that was fourced download on their for free sites) that included making wholesale changes to favorites, search destination, and added about 50 items to the hosts file to redirect people from other search sites.

It sucks all around... but proof of the matter that there is no limit to what people will do to make money, even if they have to steal it from someone else. Oh well

Gonzo: you don't know how many "experienced" webmasters still don't have firewalls, don't filter their mail, and download bucketloads of freeware. I had to remove viruses / scumware more than one from a past partner's computer, and he had been at this since 1995.

Alex