Tag: Adware

Have you ever been hit by a fake anti-virus alert on your computer? Do you know someone who has? More importantly, have ... Read Article

On Wednesday Spanish authorities announced the arrest of three alleged ringleaders behind the Mariposa botnet. Mariposa is possibly the largest botnet yet ... Read Article

It's all good - from online advertising being up 25 percent, according to the IAB; to online commerce on the rise 23 ... Read Article

Kellie Stevens is the president of AffiliateFair-Play.com, which is committed to providing a better understanding and interpretation of the behaviors that impact ... Read Article

Someone is hijacking your traffic and stealing your commissions. That someone might be a competing affiliate marketer, or worse, the merchant whose ... Read Article

How to Limit Commission Theft

Over the years stories about intimidation and goons knocking on the doors of various affiliates and search marketers have circulated at industry ... Read Article

Online lead generation gets no respect. Online lead generation affiliates less so. While the sector is growing by leaps and bounds - ... Read Article

ShareASale is an affiliate network that has taken a hard stance on spyware, adware and parasite-ware by not allowing any downloadable applications ... Read Article

On a cold Minnesota afternoon, affiliate marketer Connie Berg checks her email fearing the worst: a message from a dream merchant saying ... Read Article

You're thinking of working with a merchant, but you don't want to be involved in any program that includes affiliates using questionable, ... Read Article

You'd be hard-pressed to find someone more knowledgeable or dedicated than Ben Edelman when it comes to the evils of spyware. The ... Read Article

Tuan Le is mad. And when he's upset, he speaks quietly, deliberately and very thoughtfully. He's hardly a hothead. But nothing gets ... Read Article

When thousands of consumers got emails asking them to help electronics retailer Best Buy combat Internet fraud, they were eager to help. ... Read Article