Comments on: Zango Acquires Smart Shopper For $9 Million: Now More Evil http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/23/zango-acquires-smart-shopper-for-9-million-now-more-evil/ Startup and Technology News Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:46:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jeff http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/23/zango-acquires-smart-shopper-for-9-million-now-more-evil/#comment-1698759 Jeff Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:01:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/23/zango-acquires-smart-shopper-for-9-million-now-more-evil/#comment-1698759 Guy, I don't know about Jango or HotBar.com but I do use SmartShopper for a long time now and it is one of the best software I have installed. It is ease to uninstall it and I'm not getting any ads from it. so please give those guys the credit they disserve. Guy,

I don’t know about Jango or HotBar.com but I do use SmartShopper for a long time now and it is one of the best software I have installed.

It is ease to uninstall it and I’m not getting any ads from it.

so please give those guys the credit they disserve.

]]> By: Doug Mehus http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/23/zango-acquires-smart-shopper-for-9-million-now-more-evil/#comment-1696859 Doug Mehus Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:16:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/23/zango-acquires-smart-shopper-for-9-million-now-more-evil/#comment-1696859 I have to say it but Don (#6) is right, Duncan. Pretty weak reporting. Not only what Don said about it being adware, you said in your piece that Smart Shopper was previously owned by HotBar.com, Inc., another adware distributor. Well, most tech-savvy people like me know that 180 Solutions and HotBar.com merged early in 2006 or late 2005 to create one unified company, Zango. The merged company name was Zango, Inc. So, they likely simply transferred the domain registration for "Smart Shopper" and updated the "about us" page to reflect this, albeit over a year and a half late! Cheers, Doug I have to say it but Don (#6) is right, Duncan. Pretty weak reporting. Not only what Don said about it being adware, you said in your piece that Smart Shopper was previously owned by HotBar.com, Inc., another adware distributor. Well, most tech-savvy people like me know that 180 Solutions and HotBar.com merged early in 2006 or late 2005 to create one unified company, Zango. The merged company name was Zango, Inc. So, they likely simply transferred the domain registration for “Smart Shopper” and updated the “about us” page to reflect this, albeit over a year and a half late!

Cheers,
Doug

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]]> By: tom http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/23/zango-acquires-smart-shopper-for-9-million-now-more-evil/#comment-1693948 tom Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:20:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/23/zango-acquires-smart-shopper-for-9-million-now-more-evil/#comment-1693948 well, now you are owned by the spam kings, have fun. well, now you are owned by the spam kings, have fun.

]]> By: Don http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/23/zango-acquires-smart-shopper-for-9-million-now-more-evil/#comment-1693898 Don Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:54:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/23/zango-acquires-smart-shopper-for-9-million-now-more-evil/#comment-1693898 I also gotta say that that was pretty flimsy reporting. You say SmartShopper is "really adware that does nothing more than deliver advertisements and is difficult to remove." and use a search on Google as your reference for that? You could have at least installed it and checked it out, then removed it to see how hard it was. I also gotta say that that was pretty flimsy reporting. You say SmartShopper is “really adware that does nothing more than deliver advertisements and is difficult to remove.” and use a search on Google as your reference for that? You could have at least installed it and checked it out, then removed it to see how hard it was.

]]> By: Steve Ballmer http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/23/zango-acquires-smart-shopper-for-9-million-now-more-evil/#comment-1693813 Steve Ballmer Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:14:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/23/zango-acquires-smart-shopper-for-9-million-now-more-evil/#comment-1693813 Zango made a dumb smart shopper deal. lol http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com Zango made a dumb smart shopper deal. lol

http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com

]]> By: Benji http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/23/zango-acquires-smart-shopper-for-9-million-now-more-evil/#comment-1693544 Benji Tue, 23 Oct 2007 10:58:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/23/zango-acquires-smart-shopper-for-9-million-now-more-evil/#comment-1693544 People, why do you love to hate so much? Zango is evil, this is true. SmartShopper is really helpful when you do your shopping on the Internet, and it is easy as pie to remove it if you don't want it - you just open the list of programs, and there in plain site you can choose "remove SmartShopper" and it is gone without a trace. People who say otherwise - I challenge you to post here the results of a disk / registry scan after you have removed SmartShopper and prove that it is not removed completely. People, why do you love to hate so much?
Zango is evil, this is true.
SmartShopper is really helpful when you do your shopping on the Internet, and it is easy as pie to remove it if you don’t want it - you just open the list of programs, and there in plain site you can choose “remove SmartShopper” and it is gone without a trace.
People who say otherwise - I challenge you to post here the results of a disk / registry scan after you have removed SmartShopper and prove that it is not removed completely.

]]> By: Baby names http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/23/zango-acquires-smart-shopper-for-9-million-now-more-evil/#comment-1693407 Baby names Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:50:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/23/zango-acquires-smart-shopper-for-9-million-now-more-evil/#comment-1693407 Zango truly is evil, I hope they rot! Zango truly is evil, I hope they rot!

]]> By: Gary Mckenzie http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/23/zango-acquires-smart-shopper-for-9-million-now-more-evil/#comment-1693386 Gary Mckenzie Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:41:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/23/zango-acquires-smart-shopper-for-9-million-now-more-evil/#comment-1693386 spyware buys spyware not bad. spyware buys spyware not bad.

]]> By: micfo.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/23/zango-acquires-smart-shopper-for-9-million-now-more-evil/#comment-1693380 micfo.com Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:37:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/23/zango-acquires-smart-shopper-for-9-million-now-more-evil/#comment-1693380 So the smart shoppers will get free spyware offer for shopping. :) So the smart shoppers will get free spyware offer for shopping. :)

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