Iridium
Premium
join:2003-04-02
Los Angeles, CA
 ·DSL EXTREME
| They are laughing now
But as soon as some methhead with ADD gets pissed off and storms the building with some ammonium nitrate in a truck, they will take it seriously. I think that is what it will take.
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Start the Revolution, download Opera, »www.opera.com |
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joebear29
join:2003-07-20
Alabaster, AL
| Whoops
The best bit from the Business Week Article:
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The same ambivalence was evident in April, 2005, when Direct Revenue released a concoction known as Aurora. The program clearly labeled ads as coming from the company, a gesture designed to build credibility. But Aurora had powerful features that fought off competing spyware and security programs. The company also raised the number of pop-ups it sent users to as many as 30 a day.
Disaster ensued, as Aurora paralyzed thousands of computers. Matt Oettinger, who ran media operations at Fastclick (VCLK ), an advertising network that bought ads from Direct Revenue, found his home PC afflicted by Aurora, e-mails in court filings show. In June he ordered all Fastclick ads disentangled from Aurora. Branko Krmpotic, the managing director of Technology Investment Capital Corp. (TICC) (TICC ), which had invested $6.7 million in Direct Revenue, also caught the Aurora bug and couldn't kill it, according to e-mails. Eventually, Direct Revenue had to send its customer support director to fix Krmpotic's machine. After receiving complaints about Aurora, Insight Venture, another major investor, told the company to remove Insight's name from the Direct Revenue Web site. Fastclick declined to comment; Krmpotic didn't return calls.
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bedelman
Premium
join:2004-06-20
Cambridge, MA
| don't forget the sidebars
It's easy to miss the sidebars to this piece. But they're real gems -- with lots of additional detail for experts.
Yahoo's Pop-Up Connection and How Yahoo! Helps Fuel the Spyware Business -- about pay-per-click syndication into spyware
You Can't Keep a Bad Scheme Down -- other spyware vendors and their similar tactics
A Software Hall of Mirrors -- affiliate commission fraud as a spyware revenue source
The Case Against Direct Revenue -- profiles Patrick Jordan, a spyware researcher who tracked Direct Revenue
Curing Your Computer of Spyware -- anti-spyware programs briefly compared |
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killthefuker
@comcast.net | The only good purveyor of Spyware is a DEAD SOB !
DEATH to all purveyors of Spyware, aka ADWARE. |
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LinuxJunkie
join:2005-01-19
Cyberspace | reply to Iridium
Re: They are laughing now
I'm a methhead with ADD. Where is their building located? |
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Mike_343
I Need Speed.
join:2001-07-05
Dyer, IN | reply to killthefuker
Re: The only good purveyor of Spyware is a DEAD SOB !
spyware and adware are 2 different things. Don't mix them up. |
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RadioDoc
58ef2c0
Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11 | Bah. Facts are such a nuisance when ranting...
Posted at 1:51 PM CDT
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Toolmaster of La Grange. |
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markopoleo
join:2003-04-02
Bonne Terre, MO | Die!
That cracked me up that Die beat out the f word.
I say that all the time to people who wrong me, just Die! :P |
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morbo
Complete Your Transaction
join:2002-01-22
00000
clubs:
 ·Charter Pipeline
·AT&T Southwest
1 edit | reply to LinuxJunkie
Re: They are laughing now
Direct Revenue LLC
Privacy Officer
107 Grand Street, 3rd Floor
Ny, NY 10013
not sure if accurate, but found it here: »www.benedelman.org/spyware/nyag-dr/e1.pdf
extra lazy? get directions via google maps! »maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&s···0.043259
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Fatal Vector
join:2005-11-26
| Just in case
Is anyone else haveing a problem with the link on the main page crashing IE when you get to the page after the head banner appears?
I get the "Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close" error. But only on this link. No other pages cause this. |
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BuriedCaesar
It's Not Polite To Stare.
join:2004-03-27
Richardson, TX
 ·AT&T U-Verse
·AT&T Yahoo
| said by Fatal Vector  :Is anyone else haveing a problem with the link on the main page crashing IE when you get to the page after the head banner appears? Hmmm... could it be that the site just installed the next generation tracker on your machine? 
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That was preposterous! Utter Nonsense! Totally unsupportable drivel! You can't be serious!....Um, what did you say? |
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moonpuppy
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD
·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to Mike_343
Re: The only good purveyor of Spyware is a DEAD SOB !
said by Mike_343 :spyware and adware are 2 different things. Don't mix them up. And the difference is? 
Face it, the line is so blurred that it has become guilt by mere association. Direct Revenue thought it was adware when it was clearly spyware.
Just because they say they aren't spyware doesn't make it so. |
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Fatal Vector
join:2005-11-26
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Re: Just in case
I doubt it. I have the internet zone locked down, patches, etc, etc.
No, it's only this site that does it. The head banner appears, IE seems to stall for a couple of seconds, then the error comes up and I have to restart IE.
Oh well... |
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