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180solutions plus Hotbar equals...: 180solutions plus Hotbar equals...Zango?Somehow this name was associated with a security threat on my XP OS. If they are so above board how did my security software identify it as a threat?Sounds like...Sounds like a way for 180Solutions to try to shed themselves of the "180" name and it bad...; Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, Corporate governance, SECURITY, Zango, 180Solutions, adware; Discussion threads 2006-06-09
180solutions plus Hotbar equals...: They tied the knot today, that is, 180solution and Hotbar. The new (?) name is Zango. The folks at VitalSecurity think the new entity should have been named ZangoBar. I think it has a nice ring.From the Seattle P-I:The merger is not about cost savings, Baur said, but "about growth...; Tags: Zango, Hotbar; Blog posts 2006-06-07
Adware makers 180solutions, Hotbar merge: Adware makers 180solutions, Hotbar mergeLow-Life Unite!Two non legitimate company merge... big deal, must be slow new day. Both of those company are un desirable element on computer. Peoples who end-up with them should be able to sue those garbage company.All anti-virus maker should un-install this junk on contact.Much appreciated!I do...; Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, spam, adware, Hotbar, 180Solutions; Discussion threads 2006-06-07
Warner Bros. partners with 180solutions: Warner Bros. partners with 180solutionsomfgI am a computer tech with my ccna certs, i have had the pleasure of killing 180 solutions toolbar and spyware processes from hundreds of machines, and i wish 180 for all this trouble they have made would go to hell and burn for all of...; Tags: Business structures, Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, Cyberthreats, 180Solutions, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., partnership; Discussion threads 2006-05-15
Warner Bros. partners with 180solutions: This news came as a shock to me. From Media Post:AN ONLINE COMPANY THAT HAS been asked to clean up its act, is now using a soap - and other programming - to market controversial adware software to consumers. 180solutions has quietly begun offering streams of two Warner Bros shows...; Tags: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.; Blog posts 2006-05-14

180solutions sponsors Yapbrowser and... child porn?: 180solutions sponsors Yapbrowser and... child porn?Looks like......180Soultions has the concept of "fun" and "suicide" severely confused.JailWell, now there's a legitimate reason to jail the lot of them - Distributing Child Porn is illegal. The case can now be made that they are facilitating the distribution of Child Porn, so everyone...; Tags: child pornography, Yapbrowser, 180Solutions; Discussion threads 2006-04-18
180solutions sponsors Yapbrowser and... child porn?: My head is swimming and I feel ill. I just read the blogs about 180solutions' latest -- Yapbrowser, installed from 180's servers no less, that directs all search requests to child porn sites. And this from a company that has made countless claims of cleaning up their act....; Tags: Yapbrowser; Blog posts 2006-04-17
180solutions on the move, literally: 180solutions on the move, literallyShenanigans!I call shenanigans on the Adotas article.First, the article itself is sufficiently riddled with typos (the most obvious one being the incorrect state abbreviation 'MA' for Massachusetts instead of 'WA' for Washington) to call its credibility into question on that basis alone.Second, there's been no mention...; Tags: 180Solutions, Adotas; Discussion threads 2006-04-03
180solutions on the move, literally: Wayne Porter, blogging at ReveNews, is reporting on speculation that 180solutions, the infamous adware company that's been under fire by the CDT Center for Democracy and Technololgy and anti-spyware groups for at least 2 years, has been cleaning house, as in moving out of their offices in Bellevue, Washington. Wayne...; Tags: Center for Democracy and Technology, 180Solutions; Blog posts 2006-03-31
Advocacy group shames adware advertisers: Advocacy group shames adware advertisersJust as Bad ...Is Adobe and Firefox ... what the heck is with automatically selecting to install Yahoo toolbar, or google toolbar - the general public doesn't read what they are saying yes to - that is just as bad as adware - the person should...; Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Cyberthreats, Center for Democracy and Technology, 180Solutions, adware, advertisement; Discussion threads 2006-03-20
Advertisers using badware: who are they?: The CDT (Center for Democracy & Technology) followed the money trail and they, along with Ben Edelman, are telling names. From the CDT:Large well-respected companies are helping to fund the virulent spread of unwanted and potentially harmful "adware" by paying for advertisements generated by those programs, a new report...; Tags: advertisement, Center for Democracy and Technology; Blog posts 2006-03-20
180solutions wrap up: Last week 180solutions was in the news again due to another nonconsensual installation discovered and blogged by Ben Edelman. I wrote about it here and here but didn't get a chance due to traveling again to blog the rest of the story. 180 blogged their "mea culpa" admitting the first...; Tags: 180Solutions; Blog posts 2006-02-27
180solutions responds - questions need answers: 180solutions responds - questions need answersStory is OutTechWeb has picked up the story:http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20060223/tc_cmp/180206399Do we expect anything less...From one of the biggest and most nefarious spyware/adware makers out there?180Arrogancehttp://blog.180solutions.com/PermaLink,guid,b0fc12f9-e1f0-4a7a-998f-0b2f11d1fafd.aspx; Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, 180Solutions, Techweb; Discussion threads 2006-02-23
180solutions responds - questions need answers: Yesterday I reported on another nonconsensual install of 180solutions that was discovered and blogged by spyware expert Ben Edelman. Some might wonder why the big deal - after all, 180solutions has a long history of illegal forced installations and problematic business practices as documented in the CDT's 91 page complaint...; Tags: 180Solutions; Blog posts 2006-02-21
180solutions' S3 technology broken?: 180solutions' S3 technology broken?Once a pusher, always a pusher.The only way these sh**warez pushers are going to learn is if they get a serious roughing-up, not just from the feds, but from end-users who have been hurt by this.Their assets should be siezed and frozen, their property confiscated, and the...; Tags: pusher, 180Solutions, S3 Inc.; Discussion threads 2006-02-20
180solutions' S3 technology broken?: According to Ben Edelman, the answer is yes. Ben has blogged about another nonconsensual installation of 180's Zango software at an unnamed website. There's a video, too. The install goes something like this - Ben is surfing around and clicks on an ad that redirects him to...; Tags: Zango, Ben, 180Solutions; Blog posts 2006-02-20
180solutions responds to CDT complaint - I think?: 180solutions responds to CDT complaint - I think?They're taking credit.....For another person's work. Anywhere else but in the world of computers, this would be termed plagiarism or stealing, or at least lying.Behind the CurveLooks like 180's propaganda department is running about 3 weeks behind. I'd guess that in another...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Center for Democracy and Technology, 180Solutions; Discussion threads 2006-01-30
180solutions drops suit against Zone Labs: 180solutions drops suit against Zone LabsI think "High Risk" is far too polite....Zone Labs needs to add another category for 180 software. Something along the lines of "ScumBag Parasite" might be more appropriate.180Solutions is dangerous180Solutions should be forced to shut down. They are dangerous and are very difficult...; Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, Cyberthreats, PRODUCTIVITY, Spyware, Firewalls, SECURITY, advertisement, 180Solutions, Zone Labs Inc.; Discussion threads 2006-01-30
Lawsuit against Zone Labs dropped by 180solutions: Lawsuit against Zone Labs dropped by 180solutionsLet's just put it this way... If I were on a sinking ship and one lifeboat had Zone Labs in it and another had 180Solutions in it, I'd get into the boat with Zone Labs.Stealing the CreditMy read is that ZL made a change...; Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, Cyberthreats, Web site development, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Zone Labs Inc., weasel, 180Solutions; Discussion threads 2006-01-30
Lawsuit against Zone Labs dropped by 180solutions: Readers might remember about two months ago, adware company 180solutions filed a lawsuit against security vendor Zone Labs for labeling 180's software as "high risk" and reporting that it monitors and records keystrokes. Now 180solutions has dropped the lawsuit since Zone Labs has reportedly downgraded the risk level of 180's...; Tags: 180Solutions; Blog posts 2006-01-30