And whatcha' gonna do, when they run wild on you?

Yes, this is the same 180solutions whose software has been so frequently observed to become installed through security exploits.

Most recently -- just last week! -- I posted video proof showing 180 installing even after users specifically decline and refuse 180. Details [benedelman.org].

Too little too late, indeed!
Ben Edelman

Consider it your punishment for:

A: using Internet Explorer to
B: look at Pro Wrestling sites.
XerxesVII

There's nothing like a funny opening gag, and that was nothing like, etc etc. However, to a degree it's true - pro wrestling sucks. Since I found out The Ultimate Warrior's name is Jim Hellwig, things have never been the same. I mean - JIM HELLWIG!!!!!

Doh. On the other hand, if I want to look at some wrestling - or some Bridget the Midget (or, even better, a combination of both) then I should be able to without fear of six zillion popups, some crappy installs and a big flashing CONGRATULASHUNS YOU ARE TEH 10,000000 VISITORZ AND YOU HAVE WON TEH UBERCRUISE plastered all over the screen.

So it is interesting to see that, not long after I posted this heap of crap, who should come charging in, Hulk Hogan style, but CDT flexing their pythons, pumping their pistons and not even hiding a fake chair under the ring.

Yep, looks like they gorilla-press slammed 180 Solutions with an FTC thing (complicated American legal event) unless they ditched all affiliations with the IST guys. I imagine there was probably some kickass document with big-heap-um-installs (Tatanka!!) in it, threatening to lay the smack down and wasn't Jake the Snake awesome? Pity he got into all that drug stuff.

But yeah - another potential likely side-effect of this title changeover (even though we all know the Intercontinental Title was for the wimps) is that 180 have canned Active X installs. Actually, that's not true - Active X will continue, except only when directly from 180's own Active X installer. It will be interesting to see how this works in practice. Did you know Jim Hellwig changed his surname to Warrior?

JIM WARRIOR!!!

Good God. Anyway, here's a writeup about it , and here's 180's official release thingy. Even better, here's a whole bunch of funny comments on Slashdot. Even better than that, here's a page full of stupid things about Jim Warrior Hellwig the Ultimate.

If ya' smelllll........