twist - 7:45 pm on Mar 15, 2005 (gmt 0)

I'm not sure exactly how these malwares work, but I guess they could check the final destination the surfer arrived at and refresh the browser to the same site, just with a different affiliate id. The last aff id stays in the cookie, so the cheaters win.

If this is true then there is no way to stop them. If there is no way to stop them then all these companies selling programs to stop the malware don't work and they are no worse than the malware companies by selling useless software.

This brings me back to the 302's. If you could trick the browser into loading the affiliates page while keeping your url in the address bar then the malware wouldn't know that you are actually at the affiliates site possibly.