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  1. I wrote about this in 2003.. by Dynamoo · · Score: 1 · on Hijacked Web Traffic For Sale

    I wrote about this in 2003. Well, sort of. Back then I created a site which was a sort of satire about the seedy side of internet money making, and this sort of traffic diversion tactic was one I came up with. It only took 9 years for real life to catch up..

  2. One of the very worst.. by Dynamoo · · Score: 4, Interesting · on Spyware Based ID Theft Ring Uncovered
    CoolWebSearch is one of the very most spyware apps that I have to deal with.. it's a pig to remove (sometimes it's just easier to nuke the infected machine and start over) and it installs an alarming amount of Slimeware.

    Quite apart from the issue of identity theft.. the installation of the software itself is done illegally according to the laws of most countries. Silent drive-by downloads constitute unauthorised access.

    HOWEVER.. CoolWebSearch have claimed in the past that these silent drive-by installations were the work of "affiliates" and not CoolWebSearch itself. Personally, I have always suspected that the affiliates were working in this way with the tacit approval of CoolWebSearch.

    It's about time somebody got sent to jail for a LONG time for this kind of crap.

  3. RIAA-za is better.. by Dynamoo · · Score: 1, Funny · on Kazaa Launches Legitimacy Campaign
    RIAA-za is a much better file sharing application than Kazaa because, according to the developers.. RIAA-za picks up where Morpheus and Kazaa stop. This powerful application allows you to trade music, video, documents, spreadsheets, banking details and your private pornography collection with everyone else with RIAA-za installed.

    ;)

  4. I thought they changed it to slimeware.com by Dynamoo · · Score: 1, Funny · on A Gator By Any Other Name

    I thought Gator had changed their name to Slimeware.com. It certainly looks like a similar sort of outfit. Hmm..

  5. Re:Slimeware by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Spyware Coming Under Scrutiny

    Read the About page. It's a parody of spyware products/companies to make a point, in the about page it says:

    Slimeware Corporation and all the products listed here are parodies. Or possibly predictions. Slimeware Corporation is completely made up and any relationship to anything else you see is purely accidental and/or a figment of your imagination.

    It's an interesting read though ;)

  6. Slimeware by Dynamoo · · Score: 1 · on Spyware Coming Under Scrutiny
    Maybe that'll blow people like Slimeware Corporation out of the water who are remarkable up front about the payload their pretty worthless products have.

    Honestly.. these guys are UNBELIEVABLE. ;)

  7. Slimeware.com by Dynamoo · · Score: 1 · on Judge OKs Competitive Pop-Up Ads
    Never mind WhenU - there's a new parasiteware pusher on the block in the shape of Slimeware Corporation which seems to have the nastiest parasites riding on the back of some of the world's most useless utilities..

    ..perhaps :)