WinFixer and ValueClick in the UK

Browsing to winfixer.co.uk we find yet another connection between WinFixer and ValueClick. As you can see clicking the "Download Now" button routes you thru "adfarm.mediaplex.com" (ValueClick)

Once you click the button you end up on a (secure HTTPS) site where as you can see ValueClick supplies a WebBug (1x1 hidden image) to obtain a commission from the user (choke) purchasing this highly suspect bundle ...

Notice the TRUSTe symbol (highlighted) ... is WinFixer really a member? ... well I searched and searched and I could not find WinFixer or any of it other realated sites listed anywhere. Are users being scammed? It appears that ValueClick is willing to associate itself with the WinFixer group at any cost ...

Published Monday, April 23, 2007 1:37 PM by winhelp2002

Comments

# The ongoing winfixer saga

Monday, April 23, 2007 4:54 PM by Spyware Sucks

So, what do we do about an advertising network like ValueClick that will not clean up its act? A network

# Winfixer and ValueClick – an oft appearing association

Saturday, April 28, 2007 11:38 PM by Spyware Sucks

My regular readers will remember my various articles about the Winfixer infiltration of the AOL and MSN