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Snopes Pushing Zango Adware

Posted by kdawson on from the say-it-ain't-so dept.

DaMan writes "Here's something that isn't an urban legend — Snopes, the popular urban legends reference site, has been pushing adware, for at least 6 months, to users via ads displayed on its Web site. No one seems to have called them on it until recently."

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  1. xkcd has this covered: by MMC+Monster · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ObLink: http://xkcd.com/250/

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  2. Re:Who does what how? by Joe+Tie. · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I actually had the same thought as well. I'm really not all that disconnected, and only heard about it a week or two before it hit theaters. It came as both a bit of a shock, and confirmation that I'm doing something right, that I didn't know what it was until that point.

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  3. The rumor is not true by psychgeek · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I just checked on Snopes.com, it says this rumor is false and that the spyware in question comes from another source.

  4. Re:I hear... by ta+bu+shi+da+yu · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Who by?

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  5. Re:Who does what how? by Jah-Wren+Ryel · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I actually had the same thought as well. I'm really not all that disconnected, and only heard about it a week or two before it hit theaters. It came as both a bit of a shock, and confirmation that I'm doing something right, that I didn't know what it was until that point. Another to the chorus of "me too" - and I even hang out on a big dvd-discussion (but not a movie-discussion) forum.
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  6. Re:I hear... by cpux · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Snop.....hey, wait a minute!