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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. News For Nerds HOW??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Is is just a slow news day or something?
    This is such a nonstory.

  2. It's not a Snopes Problem. by twitter · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's a non free software problem. Free software users don't have to download software from untrusted third parties. No closed source software can be trusted, so Windoze users who don't get software from Snopes ads should not feel so smug. There is very little difference between M$ and Zango.

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    Friends don't help friends install M$ junk.

  3. That or free software. by twitter · · Score: -1, Troll

    Adblock, or that 80% of Slashdot readers are GNU/Linux users and that even the biggest Vista fanboy here would not install software served in a popup and they trouble themselves with a monthly wipe and reloads for that fresh M$ smell.

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    Friends don't help friends install M$ junk.

  4. Fri5t psot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    and JcoderS

  5. Re:That giant sucking sound by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    No, that giant sucking sound is kdawson and Zonk frolicking.