Myspace Worm: Zango content removed from website

"A day may come, when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends, and stop writing about Zango, but it is not this day. An hour of wolves, and shattered shields when the age of men comes crashing down! But it is not this day! This day we fight! And write about Zango some more!" (Some film about a ring, apparently.)

What's missing from the screenshot? Click it, go on. Enjoy the vast swathe of blackness within. Ponder the existential angst of...


...oh whatever, you probably guessed already.

What's missing is Zango!

That's right, the site at the center of the Myspace Worm attack has somehow managed to misplace its Zango content in a Houdini-style moment of brilliance. The screenshot is of the popunder that used to throw a whole bunch o' Zangoporn at you - the main site has dropped all the Zango content too, though they did replace it with such cinematic classics as "Lolita rides the c*ck" and "Teen gets pounded" so I doubt anyone will notice.

Strangely, although the Zango content has been removed, some Zango code is still in the source of the popunder. Why? Why is it still there? Have Zango finally switched him off? Did he pull the videos when he heard he'd been rumbled but somehow forgot to remove the code? I'd like to think this guy has had his account cancelled by Zango - the alternative is that he's just pulled it until the fuss dies down and then puts it back up.

Which would suck.

Once more, despite claims of clean up jobs and backhanded digs at all and sundry we find YET ANOTHER WEBSITE DOING STUPID THINGS that contains some Zango content. How did they manage to miss yet another screwup?

More importantly, anyone remember this?

Second, the settlement makes clear that Zango is responsible for the
actions of its affiliates. Too many downloadable software companies,
Zango included, have attempted to disavow bad practices undertaken by
their affiliates on their behalf. This settlement makes clear that
these companies can no longer sit back and claim ignorance as their
affiliates violate the trust of Internet users.

Now, I might only be the greatest hero in English history but I tell you what, even I can see that hacked webservers, malicious Quicktime files, bypassing Myspace bans on Javascript, exposing kids to a four-way gangbang of biblical proportions and phishing accounts to spam would be considered by most people to be violating the trust of Internet users.

That's an awful lot to "be responsible" for, don't you think?