How Spyware-Driven Forced Visits Inflate Web Site Traffic Counts
Read the new article of Ben Edelman regarding some sites that use cheap spyware traffic to inflate their traffic statistics:
Example 1: IE Plugin and Paypopup Promoting Bolt.com
Example 2: Yourenhancement, Adtegrity, Right Media Exchange, and AdOn Network (MyGeek) Promoting PureVideo Networks' GrindTV
Example 3: Yourenhancement, Adtegrity, Right Media Exchange, and AdOn Network (MyGeek) Promoting Broadcaster.com
See the rest of the 6 specific examples; video, screenshot and packet log proof; policy responses & detection.
http://www.benedelman.org/news/050707-1.html