I am planning to create a website that will warn people about certain
sites that are bundlig their software with various adware/spyware
products. I need a list of websites that are currently bundling their
software with various adware vendors, such as
180Solutions,Whenu,YouSiteBar,HotBar,MySearch and New.net. This list
should have a minimum of 250 sites. If you come up with more or less,
I will adjust this pricing accordingly.

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Request for Question Clarification by sublime1-ga on 11 Sep 2005 22:10 PDT

steve...

I've found a list of 1602 programs which are the spyware
programs (keyloggers, adware, trojans, hijackers, malware,
dialers, etc.) which may be bundled with software or may
be downloaded in a drive-by. These are broken down by
category, so you could get a list of only keyloggers and
adware, if you wanted.

I've also found a list of 320 creators/vendors of programs
which fall into these categories, each with a website of
their own.

But as far as a list of websites which promote products
with which these programs are bundled, a list as large as
the one you're requesting doesn't seem to exist. The 
largest list I found includes only 22 programs. Another
had 17, with some overlap. While it would probably be
relatively easy to multiply these 30 or so programs by
10 sites each which promote them, but I suspect this is
not what you want.

Let me know your thoughts...

sublime1-ga

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Request for Question Clarification by rainbow-ga on 12 Sep 2005 03:23 PDT

Hi Steve,

I have located the following lists I would like you to take a look at
and let me know if this sufficently answers your question:

http://spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm#products

http://spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm#sites

http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt

http://www.geocities.com/spywarekilla/spyware_blacklist.html

http://www.webhelper4u.com/CWS/index.html
Click on "CWS List Sorted By IP Address in Text Format" or "CWS Apha
Sort in Text Format".

http://www.webhelper4u.com/watcher/thewatcherlist.html
Click on "Full Watcherlist" in the Main Menu on the left.
Click on "Index of Domains" in the Main Menu on the left.

http://www.webhelper4u.com/CWS/cws_vladzones.html

http://www.webhelper4u.com/CWS/cwsal_atrivo_ips.html

http://www.webhelper4u.com/CWS/gregtutgroup.html

http://www.webhelper4u.com/CWS/cwslistings/arthurfilipiaklist.html


Looking forward to your clarification.

Best regards,
Rainbow

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Clarification of Question by steve33434-ga on 12 Sep 2005 04:03 PDT

To: Sublime1 and Rainbow:
Just to clarify a few things; I'm looking for the actual sites that
contain the software programs which are bundled with 3rd party
adware/spyware. Not the 3rd party sites themselves.

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Request for Question Clarification by rainbow-ga on 12 Sep 2005 04:42 PDT

Correct me if I'm wrong; You are looking for websites that provide
software programs that are bundled with adware or spyware.

So the information my colleague sublime mentions here would answer your question?
"I've also found a list of 320 creators/vendors of programs which fall
into these categories, each with a website of their own."

Best regards,
Rainbow