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Spoofing The Referrer - The Best Way?

by Matthew Olson
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What is the easiest method for redirecting to a cpa offer so it looks like a different referrer? I'm aware that there are a variety of scripts and plugins available but I'm looking for a tutorial that can walk me through the exact steps (I'm a total noob when it come to this.)

I've done a search here and on another forum but most of the posts are too vague. Any advice on EXACTLY how to do this?

Thanks in advance...
#referrer #spoofing
  • Profile picture of the author nzdealer
    yeah double meta refresh works. You could do some php redirects but they are more complicated.
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    • Profile picture of the author Aff1
      Hi Guys

      You guys going to think that I am stupid but I dont care .

      My question is what is " Spoofing The Referrer " ?
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  • Profile picture of the author ryanzona
    Along those same lines is a "double meta refresh" pretty well fool proof?
    Is that way almost impossible for cpa networks to violate?
    Thanks
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    • Profile picture of the author TE2
      Originally Posted by ryanzona View Post

      Along those same lines is a "double meta refresh" pretty well fool proof?
      Is that way almost impossible for cpa networks to violate?
      Thanks
      No - it is not 100% reliable.

      Sometimes the refresh does not work and leaks the referrer.

      There are many other methods; some worse and some better...

      Regards,

      John
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  • Profile picture of the author Stephen Root
    You might want to go with Java or Flash if you want truly reliable solution. Of course you can always do a simple PHP script that checks if referer is blank. If it's not, visitor might get stuck in a redirect loop but hey, life sucks anyway
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  • Profile picture of the author ChrisBa
    spoofing the referrer would actually be adding something back in as the referrer, a double meta refresh actually removes the referrer (in most cases)
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    • Profile picture of the author JamesFraze
      via Perl, save this file as transfer.cgi:

      #!/usr/bin/perl -wT
      print qq~Content-type: text/html\n\n
      <html><head>
      <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; URL=$ENV{QUERY_STRING}">
      <script language="JavaScript">
      window.location="$ENV{QUERY_STRING}";
      </script>
      </head><body></body></html>
      ~;

      chmod the file to 755 permissions and if uploading to unix server, save as unix file (take out the carriage returns, and use newlines instead). If on windows, just upload it.

      then, use tranfer.cgi as follows:
      <a href="transfer.cgi?http://expert-marketer.com">Clickable</a>


      The "Best" Way, will be one that your server can handle, and that you can implement and manage easily. This is just one way.
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