P2P Schemes to Make Money

Just recently I read on a Yahoo! Answers post about a "John Doe" who downloaded a recently released Spiderman 3 movie file from a P2P Network. The file was in RAR format. When the user descompressed the file, he found the movie to be in another compressed format called .zix. Apparently to decompress the file and watch the movie you must download and install a new software called Winzix.



This is where the scam comes in. The person who created the Movie File knows that in order for you to watch the movie you must install Winzix, in doing so you also install some adware that comes with the software. The Adware is only part of the scheme that will make the scam artist money. After you spent hours downloading the Movie, you are more than likely to install the program just to watch the movie. You MUST surf on over to their website! Which means free traffic!!!

But wait, theres more! The scam artist included a couple of instructions on how you can do a similar process so that you can make money as well. This process involves creating a website where you host the passwords for the password protected movie files. People are obligated to surf on over to your site in order to get the password to unlock the compressed movie file. In other words, more free traffic! If anyone actually tried this out let me know if it works. That doesn't mean I'll try it out, of course, just curious. ;)