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[Doug McLaren]

On Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 04:52:58PM -0500, Lionel Peterson wrote:

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| >> The sheeple apparently didn't read the text in the pop-up, or didn't
| >> understand it if they did...

... or didn't believe it, and called it's bluff.

Read it yourself --

   http://didierstevens.wordpress.com/2007/05/07/is-your-pc-virus-free-get-it-infected-here/

Remember, only 0.16% of the peopel clicked on it.  This doesn't
suggest that people are stupid -- instead, it suggests that either 1)
most people are smart, or 2) most people tune out ads.

| a *butt load* of bad goo from the Internet

Bad goo ... love it!

(Still, as you're certainly aware, that's an easy problem for most of
us to solve.  Grandma, that's another story -- so she calls us.
Maybe.  After it gets REALLY bad.)

-- 
Doug McLaren, dougmc at frenzied.us
"Those who misremember the past are pleased to repeat it as 'proof.'"
-- Mike Huben