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A friend of mine says that they use adware software and I should not promote merchants that have them as affiliates. Does anyone know if this is true?
 
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According to the article at http://www.aluriasoftware.com/spyware-removal/details/Top%20Moxie/ they use TopMoxie which is adware.
 
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How does adware "steal" affiliate commissions?
 
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The applications many times overwrite the affiliate code with the adware's own affiliate code or prepopulates cookies on the user's computer.
 
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Known offenders to date off the top of my head:

WhenU
180 Solutions
247 Malls

and many more...


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