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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. According to snopes... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    ...this is an urban legend.

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

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

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  3. XKCD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    http://xkcd.com/250/ /Obligatory

  4. 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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  5. Holy ... by melikamp · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Holy shit! An obscure website pushing adware? Oh my god, what's gonna happen to us tomorrow? Will water fall from the sky?

  6. 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.

  7. Snoped it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I just checked this out on Snopes and it ended up not being true.

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

    Who by?

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  9. 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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  10. Re:I hear... by cpux · · Score: 1, Redundant

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

  11. Re:I hear... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Thánk yöu!