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A New Low for Web Advertisers: Pop-Up Downloads

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the measuring-new-lows-jinxes-us-all dept.

rizzmanix writes: "I thougt it was strange that I had been getting a lot of pop-up download prompts for the Gator software as I browsed around the web in the recent days. Why were all these sites requiring this Gator thing I wondered? Well I wonder no more... as apparently advertisers hit a new low by running 'pop-up downloads' instead of pop-up ads. Sneaky, underhanded, nasty and vile."

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  1. Re:Not only ads... by flynt · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    So most of the wimen rely

    Please tell me that you don't really think "women" is spelled "wimen".

  2. Re:Not only ads... by DrSkwid · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    die soon please

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  3. Permanent retinal spam by Asikaa · · Score: 2, Offtopic
    Combine the paint-image-on-your-retina laser systems and pop-up firmware downloads...

    Access retinal laser subsystem set laser_power==(laserpower*100); set boot_dialogue=="www.bigpenis.com - The natural way to male enhancement"; end

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  4. Re:why mozilla rules here by Cpt_Kirks · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm lazy and the time change has bit me hard.

    What's the current status with mozilla? Is it as usable as Netscape 4.x (I hate 6.x)? Does it do any nasty or weird stuff on some sites?

    Is it worth my time to try or should I hold out for 1.x?

  5. Screw you by Anonymous+Cunt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The real AC

  6. Nice. by Anonymous+Cunt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    But LOG IN.

    Can't be far from the IP ban now.

  7. Re:a followup link by ichimunki · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I think someone should hack /. and give everybody 50 karma points, so there'd be no more karma whoring...

    Like it's really that hard to get to 50.

    Here's how I can get several points just from this story: "Thankfully I run [Mozilla|Galeon|Konqueror|Lynx] on [Linux|*BSD|Atari 800], so these [twerps|cakeholes|spammers] can go die for all I care. JavaScript is the Devil's own creation. If I wanted to download your software I'd download your software! Imminent end of usable web predicted!

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