Here comes the first spyware popup ads...

[MrBond]

Thanks to Fark.com for the below link

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Time to ready those popup killer programs...

 

[ElFenix]

that should be illegal as hell.

 

[MrBond]

It gets better!

<What's more, the install program, a file called CoolStuff.ocx, checks to see whether the victim is running a firewall, and terminates if it finds one.>

 

[Instagib]

Man what will they come up with next.

 

[Freejack2]

This stuff is getting really out of hand.

 

[Platypus]

Use a secure browser and this wont happen..

These people should be beaten with their own severed arms.

 

[fatbaby]

What is the point of all this spam??? The companys know we instantly alt-f4 the popup before we get to read em, so whats the point of wasting r&d of new ways to spam??

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Use a secure browser and this wont happen..

These people should be beaten with their own severed arms.

Run a hardware firewall and it wont happen either brutha

 

[notfred]

I think I'll stay in linux for a while, it might be dangerous to boot back into win2k...

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: fatbaby
What is the point of all this spam??? The companys know we instantly alt-f4 the popup before we get to read em, so whats the point of wasting r&d of new ways to spam??

we do.. but 99% of internet users have no clue and get sucked in... all the sudden they have a new homepage.. stuff gets downloaded at free will.. and internet sites open up whenever they want

 

[Lucky]

yikes! :Q

<----runs off to adaware site to buy the plus version to support them!

 

[Lucky]

Adaware 5.8 (free!)

 

[Kilrsat]

<What's more, the install program, a file called CoolStuff.ocx, checks to see whether the victim is running a firewall, and terminates if it finds one.>

Umm... isn't that kind of just, wrong? If their program disables my security, and as a result I fall victim to an attack, couldn't I sue their company for all damages resulting from the clean up of this attack? Since my security was in place and functioning and their program disabled that without my consent, I would have to say I should be able to seek them out for damages....

 

[jlee]

Originally posted by: Kilrsat

<What's more, the install program, a file called CoolStuff.ocx, checks to see whether the victim is running a firewall, and terminates if it finds one.>

Umm... isn't that kind of just, wrong? If their program disables my security, and as a result I fall victim to an attack, couldn't I sue their company for all damages resulting from the clean up of this attack? Since my security was in place and functioning and their program disabled that without my consent, I would have to say I should be able to seek them out for damages....

Unless they make you read a disclaimer, you would probably have a decent lawsuit.

They might put their TOS in a popup, though...rofl

 

[gunf1ghter]

This stuff should seriously be illegal.

 

[kgraeme]

Originally posted by: fatbaby
What is the point of all this spam??? The companys know we instantly alt-f4 the popup before we get to read em, so whats the point of wasting r&d of new ways to spam??

"In the nanosecond it took most people to recognize the obvious junk mail trap, the real damage was already nearly done. According to virus experts, code in the pages at KoolKatalog exploited a known flaw in an old version of the Java engine of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser to covertly download the first of 10 files onto visitors' computers"

It doesn't matter how fast you Alt-F4. When it loads the popup, it loads the virus.