As with anything profitable, the affiliate business has its share of people who would rather steal your sales commissions than create a bonafide sales program of their own. In order to hijack your affiliate site, the thief replaces your affiliate link with theirs. They do this by using adware programs that write over your affiliate id with theirs. For instance, if the merchant site is www.greeeeatproducts.com and your affiliate id is 12345, the URL used to credit you with commissions is www.greeeeatproducts.com/12345. If the hijacker