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Pop-Under Deception and Private Property

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the sleeping-in-the-bed-you-made dept.

RogerRamjet98 writes "I was browsing the web today and I got hit with a pop-under ad. Annoying but no big deal, right? Wrong. This one managed to change my home page to (CT:Link removed. Why would we send these dicks traffic?) Which pretends to be yahoo, and is convincing enough to fool the average computer user, but is really a platform for launching more pop-under ads. Combine this with the AOL/WinXP news, and it makes me think that the settings on my computer ought to enjoy legal protection as private property: Changing them without my permission (such as adjusting my home page, or whatnot) should constitute assault or trespass." Or turn of JavaScript. Or don't run IE. But good luck on that trespass case. With a history of laws like the DMCA, Uncle Sam can only make it worse.

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  1. Hey! I'm doing the Rock and Roll Waltz! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Rock - On - Two- Three

    Roll- One - Tw - Thre

  2. "You Dick!" by LoRider · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Guess what movie my subject is quoting. I know I am an idiot, but I am looking to kill some time here.

    --
    LoRider
  3. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This first for Ida! Werd!

  4. good bloody luck by mrwiz · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This is one of those things where you just need to step up and defend yourself. While there very well may need to be some kind of law in place to protect against such activity, it can't very easily be enforcable worldwide. Plus there's so much bloody red tape these days it would take years for such a law to pass. Take some of these suggestions people have had and run with them. Turn off javascript. Use a browser that lets you turn off pop up windows.

  5. Re:Ida is a transvestite by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I've seen her in a bikini she's not.

  6. MODS: MOD THIS POST UP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    hes got it!

  7. Ida is a transvestite by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Didn't you know?

  8. Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    Ida, sweet as apple cider
    Sweeter than all I know
    Come on out in the silvery moonlight
    Oh we'll whisper so sweet and low


    Seems as though I can't live without you
    Listen, oh honey, do
    Ida, I'd idolize you
    Oh baby, I love you, Ida, 'deed I do


    by Eddie Leonard and Eddie Munson, 1903
    Lyrics as recorded by Glenn Miller