It's a shame to see a once great company go downhill so far.
When they went MS Windows only software I use to refer them to Windows users, I now tell people to stay away from them as they are not what they use to be.
I was subscribed to there emails back in the day they provided OS/2 software, over a decade ago now.
In October 2012 I started receiving emails from them again, tried unsubscribing, emailing them to remove my email address etc, there seems to be no way to stop there spam.
At the bottom of each email is something like this, it changes with each email as it seems to include a seasonal stuff :-
subscriptions.asp?ref=3Dodnt_conspromo_oct2012_halloween_unsubscribe&utm_source=3DStardckSoftware&utm_medium=3Demail&utm_term=3D1042012&utm_content=3DConsuker%3A%2BObject%2BDesktop%2BHalloween&utm_campaign=3DONT%3A%2BBoo!%2BA%2BPromo%2BCode%2Bfor%2BYou!"=style=3D"color: #7d7d7d" target=3D"_blank">click here</a>.
Doesn't do much besides give an error message.
Clicking on the unsubscribe link simply gives be a website error, "The page cannot be displayed because an internal server error has occurred."
There unsubscribe code at the bottom of each email has now changed to :-
<script
language=3D"javascript">=0D=0Adocument.getElementById('email1').innerHTML=3
DgetParameterByName("email");=
=0D=0Adocument.getElementById('email1').href=3D"
https://www.stardock.com/accounts/subscriptions?email=3D"=
+
getParameterByName("email");=0D=0Adocument.getElementById('email2').href=3D
"
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+ getParameterByName("email");=0D=0A=0D=0Afunction
getParameterByName(name)=
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"\\\]");=
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=3D new RegExp(regexS);=0D=0A var results =3D
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=0D=0A if(results =3D=3D null)=0D=0A return "";=0D=0A else=0D=0A
return=
decodeURIComponent(results[1].replace(/\+/g, "
"));=0D=0A}=0D=0A</script>
You need a javascript aware email client to unsubscribe !
Submitting spam reports to cogentco.com and ussignalcom.com (upstream's) has had no results.
Now I'm getting spam from EdgeRunner LLC which seems to be an associate company.
A once great company thats gone down hill so far
I could add them to the spam filter but I get more satisfaction from complaining about them every month to various places but I've been doing it since October 2012, many USA ISP's dont seem to give a s4!7 about spam anymore.
Guess I'll just add the whole block to the blacklist, they don't care, I don't care.
Stardock.com (Stardock.net) just don't care.
[edited for grammar]
