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Old February 18, 2010, 11:08 AM
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I've been noticing these lately at the bottom of the page, looked like a SCAM to me and it it is.

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Driver Phishing - loose wire blog
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Old February 18, 2010, 11:17 AM
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I've been noticing these lately at the bottom of the page, looked like a SCAM to me and it it is.

Driver Robot & Blitware scams
If you can provide me with the links the google ad sends you too i'll get them blocked right away.
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Old February 18, 2010, 11:28 AM
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Download new ATI drivers for Windows Vista

This is the Ati one, I've seen an Asus one as well.
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Old February 18, 2010, 01:26 PM
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I honestly cannot (or do not want) to believe that people actually buy this shit.

People have too much money, and too little brains.
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Old February 18, 2010, 01:44 PM
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Shouldn't this be posted in the "Hot Deals" board? /sarcasm
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Old February 18, 2010, 02:37 PM
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They look legit enough using big name corporate logos and such, your average joe userman would probably click them and download the crap. There's no way it can be remotely legal though.
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I once read an actual "news" article on c n n dot com that was a scam. Not a story about a scam- the article was the scam. The web is a cesspool now. I never click anything anymore, and I don't even surf. The thrill is gone. I read forums and download drivers and that's it. So I guess the driver ad scam is an attempt to get the likes of me clicking again. I think I might just cancel my ISP and go wardriving for my daily fix.
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Old February 18, 2010, 04:47 PM
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Shouldn't this be posted in the "Hot Deals" board? /sarcasm

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Old February 18, 2010, 07:43 PM
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What ads?


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Old February 21, 2010, 03:43 PM
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Download new video card drivers

That's the link I'm seeing now at work, on a Dell Optiplex 745 and IE6. God I miss Adblock when I'm here.
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