Well it seems that some people just don't get fed up loosing legal battles and becoming penniless so heres the latest 2 spyhunter adverts I found this morning while browsing a respectable news paper site.
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Well it seems that some people just don't get fed up loosing legal battles and becoming penniless so heres the latest 2 spyhunter adverts I found this morning while browsing a respectable news paper site.
Well it seems that some people just don't get fed up loosing legal battles and becoming penniless so heres the latest 2 spyhunter adverts I found this morning while browsing a respectable news paper site.
2nd add
2nd add
Mark... what I want to know is why you are getting pop ups in the first place!?
I haven't seen them for a LONG time now... thanks google!
Mark... what I want to know is why you are getting pop ups in the first place!?
I haven't seen them for a LONG time now... thanks google!
Well, I like to have them on just so I can moan about them o.k
Well, I like to have them on just so I can moan about them o.k
Hrmm.. I wonder if those would fall under misleading advertising or FUD advertising? Strikes me that they look awfully too close to what the system would do and uninformed users would inadvertantly click on them, thinking it's a system feature than an ad.
Hrmm.. I wonder if those would fall under misleading advertising or FUD advertising? Strikes me that they look awfully too close to what the system would do and uninformed users would inadvertantly click on them, thinking it's a system feature than an ad.
Hey mittens. Whats a FUD ?
Hey mittens. Whats a FUD ?
Fear, uncertainty and doubt. Basically, the idea of using people's fear to profit or benefit from. Often used in politics and sometimes in info security to get $$$$ from management (e.g., "Oh look how much it cost businesses to defend against viruses this year. You could lose this much too if you don't get the latest super-duper-special fangled Wadget Watcher!".)
Fear, uncertainty and doubt. Basically, the idea of using people's fear to profit or benefit from. Often used in politics and sometimes in info security to get $$$$ from management (e.g., "Oh look how much it cost businesses to defend against viruses this year. You could lose this much too if you don't get the latest super-duper-special fangled Wadget Watcher!".)
OK. Whats a Wadget ?
OK. Whats a Wadget ?
Aye, Firefox is good stuff. I burned it to a cd and pretty much put it on anyone's machine who is having pop up problems. Most clients I put it on don't even see much of a difference between it and IE as far as functionality goes. Welll, except they say it's fast and they haven't had any pop ups, adware, or browser hijacking. Sorry if I sound like and advertisement for Mozilla Firefox but I haven't had any problems with it yet... Here's the link.
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
Greg
P.S. This is just in reply to the last post to this thread, I've been lurking long enough to know that mark could get rid of those popups and ads if he wanted.
Aye, Firefox is good stuff. I burned it to a cd and pretty much put it on anyone's machine who is having pop up problems. Most clients I put it on don't even see much of a difference between it and IE as far as functionality goes. Welll, except they say it's fast and they haven't had any pop ups, adware, or browser hijacking. Sorry if I sound like and advertisement for Mozilla Firefox but I haven't had any problems with it yet... Here's the link.
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
Greg
P.S. This is just in reply to the last post to this thread, I've been lurking long enough to know that mark could get rid of those popups and ads if he wanted.
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OK. Whats a Wadget ?
A wadget is the Windows equivalent of the Linux Thingimajig. (usually accessible under /dev/thingy)
Work sucks, I'm bored.
Quote:
OK. Whats a Wadget ?
A wadget is the Windows equivalent of the Linux Thingimajig. (usually accessible under /dev/thingy)
Work sucks, I'm bored.
pop-ups you say???? huh???? shouldnt we be reading about them in text books right about now...esp since the all new rc1(or 2 i havent tried either yet) of xp is out?(also that is if u run windows xp, i do appologise if i offended you with this post since i am a win xp fan) from what i hear, its supposedly has a "pop-up"(so old skool) blocker built-into the IE browser. again, i mus stress "hear-say" i havent tried it but i have heard OF it. hope this helps(if not, may the god of security issues have mercy on your PC!!!)
I am going to have to agree with you 100% on this one. I have been using Firebird/FireFox since the 0.3 build, and will NEVER go back to IE. It's just awesome, Tabbed browsing, Auto-popup blocker, really nice download manager built right in, easy skinning from a TRUSTED source (mozilla.org), and the list just goes on and on...Quote:
Originally posted here by waytallgel
Aye, Firefox is good stuff. I burned it to a cd and pretty much put it on anyone's machine who is having pop up problems. Most clients I put it on don't even see much of a difference between it and IE as far as functionality goes. Welll, except they say it's fast and they haven't had any pop ups, adware, or browser hijacking. Sorry if I sound like and advertisement for Mozilla Firefox but I haven't had any problems with it yet... Here's the link.
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
Greg
P.S. This is just in reply to the last post to this thread, I've been lurking long enough to know that mark could get rid of those popups and ads if he wanted.
-hugs his epiphany browser-
Ha! just use popup Blocker! hang on, and i'll see what i can do...
Ive been seeing those ad's for about 2 or 3 weeks now when I use public computers. At first they do look surprisingly like a dos window, but then you realise that dos doesnt do cool scrolling text that you can actually read...
I think that the inexperienced user would click on them becuase they look like a system thing and also they contain the names of many virii that have been in the news recently, so that might mislead users to
i2c
Which site did you find these misleading ads? , a firm yet nasty complaint is definetely due to the editors as they are quite scummy.
I can't honestly remember, but next time im at the public computer i'll dive into my history and have a look,
but its some big site something to do with news or science and technology...nice and vague there arent I!
i2c
Found!
http://www2.enigmasoftwaregroup.com/TMP/external.htm
it appeared when i was on a geocities website, I think.... I could be wrong however
i2c