Comments on: StopBadware, CDT Complaint to US FTC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2006/12/07/stopbadware-cdt-complaint-to-us-ftc/ From the Berkman Center at Harvard Law School Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:34:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: George Stathis http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2006/12/07/stopbadware-cdt-complaint-to-us-ftc/comment-page-1/#comment-39688 George Stathis Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:49:30 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2006/12/07/stopbadware-cdt-complaint-to-us-ftc/#comment-39688 google erronous states that our site http://www.gma-nitsa.gr is a badware source we have check and recheck our site and the only possible source of badware can be the google adsense advertisments. if *anyone* can provide us with some insight (google doesnt give much and we still wait for stopbadware to check our site) please do. thank you very much google erronous states that our site http://www.gma-nitsa.gr is a badware source
we have check and recheck our site and the only possible source of badware can be the google adsense advertisments.
if *anyone* can provide us with some insight (google doesnt give much and we still wait for stopbadware to check our site) please do.
thank you very much

]]> By: mmm http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2006/12/07/stopbadware-cdt-complaint-to-us-ftc/comment-page-1/#comment-17617 mmm Mon, 12 Mar 2007 23:58:45 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2006/12/07/stopbadware-cdt-complaint-to-us-ftc/#comment-17617 You will never get good results trying to shutdown this small affiliate sites because one get closed and hundreds start everyday. If you really want to stop badware, then go for the people that are making all the money and paying per install, not the affiliates. Take a look here: http://www.pay-per-install.com/ This pay per install industry is the real responsible that many small affiliates distribute badware for just a few cents. BTW i guess that many of them are located on the US unlike their affiliates that are from anywhere and maybe some of those foreign affiliates are just kids. You will never get good results trying to shutdown this small affiliate sites because one get closed and hundreds start everyday.

If you really want to stop badware, then go for the people that are making all the money and paying per install, not the affiliates.

Take a look here:

http://www.pay-per-install.com/

This pay per install industry is the real responsible that many small affiliates distribute badware for just a few cents.

BTW i guess that many of them are located on the US unlike their affiliates that are from anywhere and maybe some of those foreign affiliates are just kids.

]]> By: shawn http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2006/12/07/stopbadware-cdt-complaint-to-us-ftc/comment-page-1/#comment-16856 shawn Fri, 09 Mar 2007 15:35:51 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2006/12/07/stopbadware-cdt-complaint-to-us-ftc/#comment-16856 fastmp3search.com.ar is down many months ago nbsp;fastmp3search.com.ar is down many months ago

]]> By: Sohbet http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2006/12/07/stopbadware-cdt-complaint-to-us-ftc/comment-page-1/#comment-4915 Sohbet Fri, 02 Feb 2007 20:35:33 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2006/12/07/stopbadware-cdt-complaint-to-us-ftc/#comment-4915 The other big JS gripe is debugging on IE. Nope, sorry, that works really well too The other big JS gripe is debugging on IE. Nope, sorry, that works really well too

]]> By: chuck http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2006/12/07/stopbadware-cdt-complaint-to-us-ftc/comment-page-1/#comment-4588 chuck Tue, 23 Jan 2007 17:32:01 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2006/12/07/stopbadware-cdt-complaint-to-us-ftc/#comment-4588 Phil, Are you aware of the damage you're doing to innocent small businesses because of the really, really slow handling of appeals? Google is violating their core principals of 1. speed, and 2. Do no evil, by putting up nasty warnings which presume harmful intent, and then handing you the mess to clean up with your understaffed appeals process. Why not just let Google have that resposibility? Chuck Phil,

Are you aware of the damage you’re doing to innocent small businesses because of the really, really slow handling of appeals?

Google is violating their core principals of 1. speed, and 2. Do no evil, by putting up nasty warnings which presume harmful intent, and then handing you the mess to clean up with your understaffed appeals process.

Why not just let Google have that resposibility?

Chuck

]]> By: Yoof http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2006/12/07/stopbadware-cdt-complaint-to-us-ftc/comment-page-1/#comment-3540 Yoof Tue, 12 Dec 2006 23:38:09 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2006/12/07/stopbadware-cdt-complaint-to-us-ftc/#comment-3540 The "WHOIS" info pasted above, in the first Comment, shows Name Intelligence, Inc as the **Registrar**; that is, the actual host is Private, and is not reporting itself to WHOIS. Thus, there is no particular connection between "Bellvue, WA" and the Argentine site, other than that the one registered it's domain via the other, and Name Intelligence permits Private Registration. It's similar to seeing the phone number of a hotel on Caller ID, but not the Room Number of the actual caller. I would consider Name Intelligence as a Correspondent or Witness for the complaint. To me (no legal expert!) there is Apparent Intent and actual vandalism (the victim loses the use of his property) so there should be criminal charges. --Yoof The “WHOIS” info pasted above, in the first Comment, shows Name Intelligence, Inc as the **Registrar**; that is, the actual host is Private, and is not reporting itself to WHOIS. Thus, there is no particular connection between “Bellvue, WA” and the Argentine site, other than that the one registered it’s domain via the other, and Name Intelligence permits Private Registration.
It’s similar to seeing the phone number of a hotel on Caller ID, but not the Room Number of the actual caller.
I would consider Name Intelligence as a Correspondent or Witness for the complaint. To me (no legal expert!) there is Apparent Intent and actual vandalism (the victim loses the use of his property) so there should be criminal charges.
–Yoof

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