Fake User Interface ads maker being taken to court

Oh, if only this works...

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[theregister.co.uk...]

[legster]

"hijacked to defendants' commercial website"

Oh come on now. There is a whole lot worse on the internet that this stuff! Ever hear of the back button? Or closing your browser? Hijacked?

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I agree- there is much, much, much worse out there. But the battle has to start somewhere.

[Robert Charlton]

>>But the battle has to start somewhere.<<

I hope they lock him up and throw away the back button. ;)

[EliteWeb]

I made a banner ad a while ago using the Mac OS interface window having a message telling the user to click ok. hehehe im guilty :<

[BlobFisk]

A class action suit has been filed in Spokane County Washington against Bonzi Software, the maker of the fake error message banner ads you have all seen thousands of times.

[theregister.co.uk...]

About time too, if you ask me!

[chiyo]

Good thing too. Even if we can cut down lies on the internet by 1% it will be a massive gain.

[vibgyor79]

Do those things work? Those "Internet connection boost" software, I mean..

If they don't work, why are there so many of them in the market?

[rogerd]

why are there so many of them in the market?

Maybe because the ads work! :) I'm sure WebmasterWorld members don't fall for these obvious ploys, but its easy to imagine unsophisticated users clicking them...

[Brett_Tabke]

What's next, FSR's (Fake Search Results?).

(which search engines that would be, is left as an excersize for the reader)

[legster]

easy to imagine unsophisticated users clicking them...

but the upside is, this makes them more sophisticated.

[Acecool]

There are already FSRs lol

On some search engines they have.

Your query turned up 0 results for X keywords, renaming your keywords to free <SNIP> turned up 600,000,000 results.

LOL

something like that anyway

[edited by: Macguru at 7:39 am (utc) on Jan. 7, 2003]
[edit reason] Lets keep it rated "G" please. [/edit]