Tuesday, May 04, 2004

Spyware Simulation of the Day

This is getting to be a daily event, isn't it? Another day, another spyware company tries to trick novice users into downloading their particular spyware as a system update or whatnot. Today, we have a company with an ad designed like a console window (also known as the command prompt):

Command Prompt simulation ad

I mean, come on. People stupid enough to fall for this don't know what the command prompt is and don't get the metaphor.

Kudos, though, to the technological experise these guys demonstrate. The file list is animated, although you cannot see it in the screenshot, with a rotating list of spyware and virus threats that may be installed. Undoubtedly, this company didn't include any of its filenames because the poor stupid user hasn't installed them yet.

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