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Click Here To Infect Your PC!

Posted by kdawson on from the proving-a-point dept.

Email me for FREE viruses writes "Just how many people would click an ad saying "Is your PC virus-free? Get it infected here!"? According to the security researcher who ran that very ad on Google for 6 months, 0.16% (409 of 259,723) would click on it. 98% of those people were running Windows. The Google Adwords campaign cost $23 in total, which works out to $0.06 per infection had the site actually been malicious."

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  1. Re:Goatse! by neomunk · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I disagree with the moderation here... This ONE TIME this lame ass comment is finally on topic. The topic being how many users will click on a malicious link offered up by some morally retarded troll.

    Hell, it might could possibly maybe even be kinda considered insightful. Personally I'm glad that I don't have any (well, much) insight into the trollish mind.

  2. Re:How many slashdotters by Umbrae · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That's why real memes run linux.