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7Search is a premiere online advertising network that originated in 1999 as one of the first search engines to use pay-per-click sponsored links above the free organic listings. Today 7Search's traffic primarily derives from strategic affiliate partnerships and by publishing our sponsored links and search results on other Web sites, search engines, directories, and web portals. Start a 7search account today and bring your website to the world tomorrow!

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Reputation rating:
	Trustworthiness	30
	Vendor reliability	24
	Privacy	23
	Child Safety	30

Comments by category:
Useful, informative	1
Spam	2
Bad customer experience	1
Phishing or other scams	9
Malicious content, viruses	4
Browser exploit	1
Spyware or adware	21
Other	1

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Date	Source	Category	Comment
08/29/2008	phantazm	Phishing or other scams	"People who own 7Search.com have ties to browseraccelerator. ... 4 "People who own 7Search.com have ties to browseraccelerator.com, a site that pushes a browser toolbar that "helps users improve their online experience dramatically by displaying within a browser everything an informed consumer needs to know about the web site being visited. Eric Howes, director of malware research at security provider Sunbelt Software, installed the software on a virtual machine and quickly noticed the software was offering search results that mixed sponsored links from unsponsored links. "What they're trying to do is sneak adversing past the user without the user recognizing the search results ... are sponsored, paid-for results," he said. He also said the software by no means represented a high risk because it didn't appear to track individual users or forcibly install itself. Still, he said: "We would probably target it because of the overwhelming presence of advertising." Indeed, two Sunbelt products, Viper and CounterSpy, block the installation of the program. 7Search.com's owner also appears to have ties to validatedsearch.com, a site that competes with McAfee's SiteAdvisor by providing third-party certification to end users that a given website is trustworthy. The administrative contact for both sites, as well as browseraccelerator.com is listed as one Patrick Devereaux in Chicago, according to Whois search results..." http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/28/7search_sues_mcafee/ [ link to this comment ]
08/29/2008	logicman	Spyware or adware	These people are suing McAfee to have their rating changed t ... 9 These people are suing McAfee to have their rating changed to 'safe' By implication, they are saying that reviewers are not entitled to express honestly held opinions. In my own experience and as a personal opinion, any company that goes to court to suppress complaints, rather than address those complaints, ends up going out of business. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Protect and Surf. [ link to this comment ]
08/30/2008	Sam Dios	Spyware or adware	I've just read an article about them trying to fine McAfee f ... 5 I've just read an article about them trying to fine McAfee for a bad rating on SiteAdvisor; they're known to have spread spy or malware. [ link to this comment ]
10/14/2008	rwindmueller	Phishing or other scams	This site attempts to auto download malware. If you "purchas ... 3 This site attempts to auto download malware. If you "purchase" their product expect to have your credit card maxed out in under 1 hour. [ link to this comment ]
09/02/2008	Cheater87	Spyware or adware	Installs adware toolbare. 3 Installs adware toolbare. [ link to this comment ]
09/13/2009	jpvip	Other	Listed on HMOS Domain Warning List http://www.helpmyos.com/h ... 0 Listed on HMOS Domain Warning List http://www.helpmyos.com/hmos-domain-warning-list-f75/site-additions-t901... If you would like your site reviewed, please see the above URL. If it is a false positive, it will be removed from the list. ~DragonMaster Jay, malware researcher, Admin, helpmyos.com [ link to this comment ]
08/18/2009	Xp54321	Malicious content, viruses	Listed on HMOS malware domains list! http://www.helpmyos.co ... 0 Listed on HMOS malware domains list! http://www.helpmyos.com/hmos-malware-domains-list-f75/hmos-malware-domai... —Xp54321 [ link to this comment ]
08/18/2009	nickmcl	Malicious content, viruses	Identified in a malware domain blacklist. See http://www.hel ... 0 Identified in a malware domain blacklist. See http://www.helpmyos.com/hmos-malware-domains-list-f75/hmos-malware-domai... for more information. [ link to this comment ]
07/24/2009	Andrei_i	Spam	They have and keep as clients/affiliates notorious spammers ... 0 They have and keep as clients/affiliates notorious spammers and malware distributors (some using click fraud). [ link to this comment ]
07/10/2009	Creastery	Bad customer experience	Bad Website/Host This is listed by: http://doc.emergingthrea ... 0 Bad Website/Host This is listed by: http://doc.emergingthreats.net/pub/Main/HoneywallSamples/hosts/ ☆¢σρчяιgђτ ©2009 ©®eαšтeяч™☆ Visit http://wintechpedia.co.cc for tech tips. Note: http://wintechpedia.blogspot.com is our previous website. [ link to this comment ]

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