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PRESS RELEASES
SCUMWARE GRABS ATTENTION FROM THE PRESS
 During the past few days the media attention to Scumware has been building and represents an important element in getting the word out.
Part of our plan is to reach out to the media in order to enlist their assistance in reaching their reader audience. If you are a member of the press, please contact us for any information you might need.
If you can help us reach members of the press, please just jump in and start working. Let us know what you need and we'll find a way to get it for you.
- PCWorld
Invasion of the Browser Snatchers
- WiredNews
ClickTillUWin is a nasty program installed by BearShare, LimeWire, Kazaa and Grokster.
- OptimumOnline
Avoid Adware.
- CNN.com
What's fair in online love and ads?
- ICON
The sneakiest link
- Internet.com Channel 7
Why I Love Gator
Beware! Reading this writers drivel could cause brain damage making you as stupid as he is.
- ZDNet
Lord of the Banner
One company aims to tune consumers in to banner ads by letting them tune banners out.
- Forbes.com
Control Geeks
"He plans to paste his own ads over one in every four banners that his software will obliterate, piggybacking on a slot paid for by someone else."
- Spyware voor 90 procent onopgemerkt
- EditorAndPublisher.com
Stopping Unauthorized Alterations Of Web Sites
- c/net News.com
Nobody's going to skin this Gator
In yet another in an endless string of Spin Doctor interviews, CEO of Gator, Jeff McFadden explains yet again how he owns the Internet and can do as he pleases.
- International Herald Tribune
Gator.com Bites Back in Defense of Web Ads
- ClickZ
Gator Attack? The Best Defense Is to Join the Anti-Microsoft Offense
ClickZ has chosen to endorse the distribution of ScumWare. Writer Tig Tillinghast had the following to say:
I think it (Gator) throws just enough chaos into our advertising markets to keep us on our toes. And it provides a great ad vehicle for us buyers willing to exploit it.
- SF Gate
Screen grab Web designers complain new ad programs hijack their sites
- Wired News
Guerrilla Ad Banner Battle Looms
- Builder Buzz
Printing news, whether fit or not
- BizReport
Gator Chomps First, Sues Internet Advertising Bureau
- Associated Press
Online ad trade group battles over Gator.com software
- The New York Times
Chorus of Gator critics grows
- ZDNet - eWEEK
Smart tabby tags TopText hyperlinks
- Forbes.com
Gator's Legal Feud Means Big Publicity
- Search Engine Watch
Smart Tags: Dumb Technology?
- Search Today
W3C, the default standards committee wants to bring back the much hated ThirdVoice-type of technology that allow anyone to deface any web site with their little sticky notes. As hard as it is to believe, this collection of techies thinks defacing web content by competitors and the general run of malcontents, is a cool idea.
- The Industry Standard
Ad Group Says Gator.com Bites into Business
- Chicago Tribune
Gator plays dirty tricks with personal data, ads, Web sites
- c/net News.com
Gator rushes to court over ad technology
- InternetNews.com
Gator.com Sues IAB
- c/net News.com
Chorus of Gator critics grows
- MSNBC front page story
‘Keyword’ software raises ire
- Search Engine Watch
Forget Smart Tags; TopText Is Doing What You Feared
- webmasters-ezine.com
Outrage Spreads over 'Scumware'
- c/net News.com
Trojan horse goes on the offensive
- c/net News.com
Software replaces banner ads on top sites
Industry experts say that what Gator is doing is more egregious because in effect it is tampering with a Web site's source of revenue.
- c/net News.com
Peer-to-peer exchanges court advertisers
- c/net News.com
Overseas groups battle their own Net piracy
- Associate Programs Newsletter #173
Outrage spreads over "scumware"
- Reve News
PremierEquity Cans Ezula Links
- Salon.com
The parasite economy
- ZDnet News
New Net ad hazard: Getting Gatored
- ZDnet News
Gator chomps on innocent banner ads
- IAB Lawyers to Recommend Action Against Gator.com
- Slashdot: Don't Eat Yellow Links
- ZDnet News
Napster clones spy on their P2P users
- San Francisco Chronicle
Mystery links
New Web advertising tool gets results, draws criticism
- Reve News
CJ Profits from Ezula's Hijacked Links
Explores the relationship between eZula and Commission Junction
- PC World
Latest Online Ad Gimmick: Hyperlinks
Advertisers try aggressive (and annoying) hyperlink technology to make the Web pay.
- C/NET News
Peer-to-peer exchanges court advertisers
- C/NET News
"Spyware" piggybacks on Napster rivals
- Builder Buzz
eZula's evil links
- ZDNet News
Can networks harness P2P for profit?
- c/net News.com
Microsoft clips Windows XP Smart Tags
- c/net News.com
Free software downloads have strings attached
- c/net News.com
Web sites prey on rivals' stores
A growing number of online companies are ambushing competitors through software that puts ads where marketers want them most--in front of customers visiting rival Web sites.
- InternetNews.com
Microsoft Scraps Smart Tags Plan
- SiliconValley.com
Microsoft's Smart Tags threaten Web
- Browser Watch
Microsoft Smart Tags: Changing the Nature of Hyperlinks?
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