Ding ding, round two!

Looks like more developments on the pr0n guys Vs Zango "war". Well, it's more of a mudslinging match at the moment but anyway - the story has started to spread and Zango will be going on the counter-attack:

Steve Stratz, Zango's director of public relations, called the Zango Warning site "blatant lies and scare tactics", and provided vnunet.com with a copy of an ad that the company will soon be running.

The ad, which is set to appear every time a user is re-directed to the Zango Warning site, tells the user "The Web page in question is designed to 'scare the surfer', as its 'creator' has confessed. We at Zango have gone to great lengths to ensure that every consumer who installs our software sees, prior to installation, a fully and conspicuously disclosed plain-language notice and consent process."

My money is on a steel cage match by the end of the week. We have popups being tackled by redirects being countered by popups being fiddled with by....uh, I'm confused. Who's targeting who again?

As a special bonus, here's a quote from Paperghost who just sent me an Email on this one. I'm just too good to you people:

I have to say, I'm not particularly fond of the redirects being employed by the pr0n guys - for one thing, it's likely to confuse the end user when they see a big WARNING message flashing up on the screen. However, Zango are likely going down the wrong path here by tackling a redirect with a popup. You could end up seeing an endless chain of retaliation and counter attack from both sides, and the only person who will suffer will be the guy in front of his PC. Also, lollercakes.

...so there you have it. You haven't heard the last of this one...