Adware Firms So Incompetent They Can't Even Merge Right
from the good-work dept
All of the "adware" firms out there have been claiming that they've changed from their earlier questionable surreptitious install ways -- but many of us have been wondering, if that's true, how they actually plan to stay in business. The answer, so far, is that they haven't actually stopped surreptitious installs. However, it sounds like at least some of the backlash has eaten into the business, so some of the more hated names in the business, 180solutions and Hotbar, have decided to merge, and combine under the name "Zango." Of course, if this is a move to build more confidence, it seems likely to backfire. It's reminiscent of similar adware maker Direct Revenue repeatedly changing names to confuse angry victims of their software, or Gator's name change to Claria. Except, even here, it seems like the move shows the company's incompetence. The name they chose, rather than having no meaning, is the name of one of their current adware products -- and it's not hard to find numerous complaints about the software, including recent complaints that a botnet has been sneaking it onto computers.
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AdWare Inc. coming soon by Tim Arview on Jun 7th, 2006 @ 6:48pm
Yeah, that about sums up my take on it.
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by charlie potatoes on Jun 7th, 2006 @ 8:48pm
well ... great. thanks for sharing that bit of enlightenment. i had been wondering.
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??? by dude on Jun 8th, 2006 @ 12:47am
Hi Mike...that one was REALLY hard to understand...chill out...don't type so fast...consider your reader...
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How? by Jason on Jun 8th, 2006 @ 1:04am
How was that hard to understand?
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by Sneer on Jun 8th, 2006 @ 3:10am
So on one hand you say it's bad when adware companies change their name to confuse the users, on the other hand you bash the company when it decides to stick to a recognisable name - taking it after one of their products. Can you make up your mind then?
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by Anonymous Coward on Jun 8th, 2006 @ 6:54am
I think the point is that both are bad. One way confuses customers and makes finding information hard (bad for the customer), the other makes the company far to recognizable as the developer of some virulent adware (bad for the company). In this case, they were stupid enough to choose the second option.
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by SailorAlphaCentauri on Jun 8th, 2006 @ 10:22am
To go along with Anonymous Coward, chosing to name your new merged company after something that's already hated is about as logical as merging two health organizations and calling them Asbestos (assuming that one of the organizations made asbestos before we all found out that it was very bad...but that's getting a little too conspiracy theory for the point). I think the point, Sneer, is that a name change is a deliberate attempt to get people to not realize that it's still Adware which, unless you like that sort of thing, is something people don't want to deal with, while chosing the name of something that's already reviled won't make people like you, it'll make it easier for people to hate you faster due to previously existing reputation.
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i used to work across the hall from 180solutions by chris on Jun 8th, 2006 @ 4:00pm
when i worked for a now defunct dotcom in bothell washington.
i had no idea what they did at the time. i talked to their receptionist once, she was hot.
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Re: i used to work across the hall from 180solutio by fatman on Jun 27th, 2006 @ 2:35am
well the hotties are gone and the combined company is not close to being a $100m revenue producing company. another wishful promise from the zango bigmouths, too bad they can't deliver as good as they lie....
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article by johnson0 on Jun 28th, 2008 @ 5:48am
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by Jack1900 on Jul 16th, 2008 @ 9:54pm
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by Peter on Jul 16th, 2008 @ 10:03pm
Its not all bad. The second thing is more important than the first.
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by mike1900 on Jul 16th, 2008 @ 11:29pm
C'mon what is in name, moreover the utility is of much importance.The heat is less compared to other Laptops, Satellite versions are of superior quality and it weighs less too what more do you want?
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Adware Firms So Incompetent They Can't Even Merge Right by peter on Jul 28th, 2008 @ 4:36am
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by mike on Jul 28th, 2008 @ 9:19pm
This topic is nothing but a firm which has changed its name, making the people confuse over this. So this will be danger when adware firms changing their names one after the another.
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by sacchi on Jul 29th, 2008 @ 1:35am
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by richard on Jul 30th, 2008 @ 10:24pm
I think it is a bad idea .It confuses customers and makes finding information hard.so it is very hard to understand.
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by andrewadam on Aug 5th, 2008 @ 3:33am
The information is good but it is difficult to understand. If the information is in a simple language then it is more useful for the persons who are studying it.This is nothing but a firm, which has changed its name.
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The blog in which the blogger tells his ideas about the adware firms. The discursion ion this topic is very nice. How the spy’s are entering into our system and disturb our business can be explained well in this blog. If we use the better antivirus or anti-adware firm software then only we can protected our systems.so, keep updating your antivirus program which is already installed in your system.
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Adware companies are changing their ways to flourish in their business. Many are angry for the adware's software which is the direct revenue or income generators are very incompetent. Useful piece of enlightened information. =================== William Sphere Social Networking http://www.orkut.com
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Its pathetic by Alok Mishra on Aug 6th, 2008 @ 2:37am
Its understood, but how to make customer unhappy. If customer is getting difficulties to search the company, then its too bad.
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