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1. SEF, Scumware: The Net Fights Back: One of the very first forums to discuss TopText, Surf+, Gator, and other such services. http://www.searchengineforums.com/apps/searchengine.foru ... (v)

2. Best Practices Search Engine Forums: I am Furious!!!!!: Discusses various thiefware and at times spirited arguments for and against thiefware. Gator is a popular topic in this thread. This forum topic holds the record for the longest thread discussing ThiefWare. http://www.ihelpyou.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadi ... (v)

3. WebHostingTalk Forums: KaZaA is Hijacking Traffic!: A thread that discusses KaZaA/TopText bundle. http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?threadid=18 ... (v)

4. AHFB2000: Ezula - KaZaA: The purpose of the TopText plugin for Internet Explorer is to turn words and links on legitimate pages everwhere into yellow links to TopText advertisers on a CPC basis. The goal is to steal your traffic and... http://www.ahfb2000.com/webmaster_help_desk/showthread.p ... (v)

5. geek/talk: StopScum Screen Captures: See examples of numerous site defacements via screen capture shots (look for green & yellow highlighted/underlined links and unusual pop-up ads in examples). http://www.geekvillage.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&fo ... (v)

6. geek/talk: StopScum Forum: Discuss contextual advertising a.k.a. TheftWare and it's negative financial and moral implications for all merchants and publishers. http://www.geekvillage.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&fo ... (v)

7. SitePoint Forums: and you thought smart tags were bad...: Discussion about TopText poaching Web site content, also talks about Microsoft Smart Tags. http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&thread ... (v)

8. AffiliateUnion: Scumbags Hijack Your Web Sites!: If a user whose browser is infected with TopText visits your web site, they will be offered links to competitor's web sites... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/affiliateunion/message/1560 (v)

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