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Zango gets botnet action: Zango gets botnet actionRe:Zangohttp://www.avbpgh.com/exit.asp?url=http://www.analogstereo.comRE: Zango gets botnet actionhttp://www.avbpgh.com/exit.asp?url=http://www.analogstereo.com; Tags: Zango; Discussion threads 2008-04-04
Zango, the FTC, MySpace and You Tube: Zango, the FTC, MySpace and You TubeRe:zangohttp://www.analogstereo.com/vacuum_sealer/vacuum_sealer_bag.htmRE: Zango, the FTC, MySpace and You Tubehttp://www.analogstereo.com/vacuum_sealer/vacuum_sealer_bag.htm; Tags: You-Tube, Zango, FTC, MySpace; Discussion threads 2008-03-28
Zango's continued bad practices in light of FTC's proposed settlement terms: Zango's continued bad practices in light of FTC's proposed settlement termseasy to find out..."The write up includes a discussion of the proposed $3 million payment specified in the settlement and why that amount may be a "slap on the wrist", when, in fact, Zango's ill-gotten gains likely far exceed that...; Tags: Operational accounting, Zango, FTC; Discussion threads 2006-11-27
Zango's continued bad practices in light of FTC's proposed settlement terms: Just over two weeks ago, the FTC announced a proposed settlement with Zango for the complaint filed earlier this year. Under terms of the settlement, Zango is required to give up $3 million in ill-gotten gains and to stop a number of bad practices that have been documented back to...; Tags: Spyware/adware news; Blog posts 2006-11-19
Zango, the FTC, MySpace and You Tube: This past Friday, the FTC announced a $3 million dollar settlement with Zango, formerly named 180solutions, in a lawsuit charging Zango with unfair and deceptive business practices, among other things. See ZDNet story here with more details. FTC announcement here. Case documents can be downloaded here.As usual Zango refuses...; Tags: Spyware/adware warnings, Spyware/adware news, Zango; Blog posts 2006-11-06

Zango reaches settlement with FTC: Zango reaches settlement with FTCzangowhat is said in your report i have had the whole bunch and it has been impossible to get rid of them just a few days ago it happened again and i had to reinstall windows the pop ups took over the pc.Zango spywareThis isn't the...; Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Litigation, Zango, spyware, spyware program, FTC; Discussion threads 2006-11-04
Is Zango stealing affiliate commissions from adult webmasters?: Is Zango stealing affiliate commissions from adult webmasters?I assume that when you say "adult"......you really mean "pornographic". I suspect that the vast majority of webmasters are over 18 but you never know.The rule that the less reputable your business, the less likely you are to complain if somebody cheats...; Tags: commission, Marriot, alcohol, Zango; Discussion threads 2006-10-18
Is Zango stealing affiliate commissions from adult webmasters?: It seems that Zango, formerly known as 180solutions, the company we all love to hate, has royally ticked off a bunch of adult webmasters. Paperghost, aka Chris Boyd, has the story, complete with links to forums where the adult webmasters discuss Zango allegedly stealing affiliate commissions. True? I...; Tags: Zango; Blog posts 2006-10-13
More disturbing long-tail content from Zango: More disturbing long-tail content from ZangoZango IS a bunch of sickos!Encountering Zango drive-by installs from unknown sites is bad enough, but those can be easily blocked. That must be happening enough to cause them to loose revenue, so now they're branching out to other avenues of infecting systems to...; Tags: Zango; Discussion threads 2006-08-15
More disturbing long-tail content from Zango: SunbeltBLOG asks "Is Zango partnering with a bunch of sickos? " I won't repeat much what's posted there because it's too disgusting, but here's the first part.unitedtoserve2005dotcom redirects to a hard core porn site, searchdotporn-infodotinfo, which offers “totally free porn videos”. These are Zango porn videos — you...; Tags: Zango; Blog posts 2006-08-14
Zango caught in lies about their software on MySpace?: Zango caught in lies about their software on MySpace?MySpace not the only source of Zango videosZango also distributes through pornography sites. Click "yes" to view the video and Zango is installed. The technology is sophisticated and I would assume developed by the beautiful people at 180Solutions. -Stiennonzango will be the...; Tags: Corporate communications, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Tools & Techniques, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, software, Zango, MySpace; Discussion threads 2006-07-30
Zango caught in lies about their software on MySpace?: Zango's videos have been found all over MySpace, along with a number of sites pushing Zango videos to MySpace users without disclosing the presence of Zango. Profiles named Zango were found on MySpace and Zango later admitted an employee created the profiles and said it was a "mistake". It looked...; Tags: Zango; Blog posts 2006-07-28
Pushing Zango - out of MySpace: Last week I blogged about Pushing Zango on MySpace and linked to Paperghost's blog asking if teenagers are being unwittingly used to push Zango on my space. It looks like Paperghost aka Chris Boyd managed to create a bit of a stir on the subject and now it looks...; Tags: Zango, MySpace; Blog posts 2006-07-17
Pushing Zango on MySpace: Pushing Zango on MySpacePaperghostPaperghost is on the story, too. He's got a pretty good, richly illustrated, write-up over at Vital Security:http://www.vitalsecurity.org/2006/07/teenagers-used-to-push-zango-on.htmlZango sock puppets infiltrate MySpace.Something tells me that these "teenagers" are acutally Zango wage-slaves who are seeking to push Zango sh**warez on unsuspecting users. The lack of info...; Tags: MySpace, Zango, Paperghost; Discussion threads 2006-07-11
Pushing Zango on MySpace: Chris Boyd asked the question yesterday, Teenagers used to push Zango on Myspace? It does indeed look like teenagers, and older MySpace users as well, are being used to push Zango and not making a dime for it. But the Zango affiliates and Zango itself must be taking in...; Tags: MySpace, Zango; Blog posts 2006-07-10
180 Solutions Using Viral Marketing on MySpace: In the worst sense of viral, Zango has crept on to MySpace. A very simple process is involved. Some MySpace profiles include videos that require you to accept the install of the Zango tool bar to view them. They also encourage MySpacers to install the same videos on their own...; Tags: Zango, MySpace; Blog posts 2006-07-10
Spyware news: My apologies for the lack of blogging recently. Here are a few good places to keep up with the spyware news, sites that I read on a daily basis, SunbeltBLOG, Vitalsecurity, SecurityFix, Ben Edelman and others listed in my blogroll on this page.Last week I was at Tech Ed in...; Tags: Zango, Hotbar; Blog posts 2006-06-19
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
Zango gets botnet action: Things have been quiet on the 180solutions front for a while, but now they are back in the news with Zango adware being pushed by a botnet, discovered and detailed by Paperghost at VitalSecurity, complete with screenshots. The story goes like this. The IRC topic set by the Channel OP...; Tags: Zango; Blog posts 2006-05-26