i am the creator of www.ctsaffilateprograms.com. i began construction in oct-nov of last year and went through such a time, i signed out one day around or so and have just recently returned.

my site is primarily a show of merchants through banner exhibit (currently incomplete) although I have some hyperlinks.

problems i initially faced with the effeicieny of the site was to find a means of security, which i did by, after deligent labor by eliminating two offensive codes strings: Target=..." and limousine=..." . feeling quite pleased but exhausted, i rested till recently.

since my return, problems i previously faced worsened. the reasoning as i see it is that without the target code allowing entry and the limousine code allowing movement once in, someone, or something has hacked in and has endeavored to change the banner codes to become inoperative.

my eliminations did not change the links, only closed entry to site behind the banners. i remember in 98 when i first began my experience on the pc and the internet, many changes came about (at least made aware to me) and many were crippled such as ebates and earthlink to name only few.

today i am faced with theft by fraud. a merchant of mine which i don't exhibit, fraudulently advertised a credit line of 5000 which increased to 8000 at the time of my call in referred through their promo letter inclusive of a blue plastic card with Sentinnial (correct spelling unsure except for the "S" and sounds like). their initial one-time charge was to be a payment of 99.00 and a 49.00 one time fee.

unfortunately, i believed them and giving them access to my bank account with Bank of America, checking account ending in 4645, i rested for more information so that i could obtain the advertised loan.

to my dismay, it was all bogus. first of all, they have been extracting the two amounts every month and the promised 8000 droped to 20 dollars saying then that the loan was progressive and be following their scheme i would eventually be allowed to borrow up to 8000.

need less to say i freaked and contacted the bank for return of the funds withdrawn.

now the bank consientious of my problems, did not comply with my wishes but continued to allow payments to unauthorized merchants; refused to pay majority of the authorized merchants; then double and trippled MSN and AOL.

Furthermore, monies made were directedly deposited to the account through netReporting, but withdrawn immidiately after deposit. just exactly who was involved, i do not know but i have been robbed of every cent i made!

i now have hackers in my mail boxes changing my mails, deleting entire sections, removing mails, blocking mails, rerouting mails, and not sending some mails. this is happening with every email box i am presently subscribing to: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected] (although newly opened and seems to be little more secure).

i suppose the biggest disappointment is the inability to acquire assistance in the capture of the hackers, inability to have my missing funds returned, and the inability to work as i need to.

yesterday, as i was replying to the emails in the [email protected] box, the html email page was hacked and the banner codes changed right before my eyes: seemed as though a program was set to change the closed > to something like = and other addition of symbols which i do not recall, but the effect was devasting.

the changes killed my banners and i not knowing the exact banner codes, could not and cannot change them back.

i believe Commission Junction, netReporting and Linkshare are primarily reponsible, for i have made sales since 98-99 and they have sent me nothing, to the best of my recollection, they had refused me entry to my personal account page when i needed to make changes, they are arbitrarily turning off the banners.

if asked they would to my supposition deny me any rights to commissions and leads payments, but i know how many leads i personally submitted and i saw the money coming in to the ...4645.

in order to stop the direct e withdrawal, i have opened up an account with netbank and have notified netReporting, and hopefully, if my website, email boxes, and the merchant banners begin working again, with my id, i may see some deposits again.

it is also my belief, that no matter who does what, if the theft programs are not corrected at the above 3 mentioned merchant affiliate experts, problems will never cease, and people like myself will remain hungry.

i tell you this not because i like to complain, but because i believe your expertise could stop them!