Comments on: Advocacy group shames adware advertisers

Center for Democracy and Technology lists advertisers who, it says, help fund the widely despised software.

[My-Self]

ISP Blacklist ...

Why can't ISP simply blacklist the IP used by adwares to communicate silently with their base using RBLs just like we do for spam ?

It would starve them off ! After all, ad/spywares are significantly impacting their customer's online experience, not to mention the cost in customer support.

Sure, if someone wants spywares, being keylogged, flashy ads all over the place and blue screens, he should have the ability to disable the function.

[Jackson Cracker]

because of $$$

Same reason many ISPs won't cut off the big spammers --
they look the other way since they make money off of it.

[My-Self]

ISP Blacklist - Spyware RBL ...

Why can't ISP simply blacklist the IP used by adwares to communicate silently with their base using RBLs just like we do for spam ?

It would starve them off ! After all, ad/spywares are significantly impacting their customer's online experience, not to mention the cost in customer support.

Sure, if someone wants spywares, being keylogged, flashy ads all over the place and blue screens, he should have the ability to disable the function.

[umbrae]

Try Peer Guardian

It is software that blocks traffic to certain companies. Although, intending mainly to block those companies suing P2Pers, it also block known Adware/Spyware URLs. It actually works pretty good for that purpose.

As for ISP, blocking is a tricky thing. I get zero spam. Absolutely none. How? I run my own mail server and block all IPs from Europe and Asia. Can an ISP do that? Only if they have no clients that do business in Europe and Asia.

The fact is blocking has false positives and only works when focused on the individual.

[kb1glr]

Camino: Adware Beater is Faster

Mac netizens who use the Camino browser are not only able to opt out of having pop-ups uglify their life on the net, the latest release also prevents in-page ads from appearing and all associated adware garbage from showing up on their hard drives. Camino can transformed your browsing experience. Much of the delay in page rendering is due to ad server latentcy. The adsters are busy, overworked and slow little beavers. Add the CamiTools extension and you can update the ad server list at will. More about this at pgl.yoyo.org/adservers

We don't have a relation...

"Altrec has in the first quarter of 2006 spent a total of $440 with 180solutions," Altrec CEO Mike Morford said in a telephone interview. "Reality is, at $440 we don't have a relationship with them."

Ok, then how much did you spend last year?

To myself, $440 is a relationship as adware stuff like this is cheap. At a penny (or less)per page view, that would mean 44,000 people had to suffer. And that would just be "First Quarter 2006" and just your company alone. So, answer this: What is your cost to profit ratio on these ads?

I guess ethics really has no place in business, unless you are using as a cop out reason to fire someone who has them.