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Time to change advertising?
I hate to say this - but maybe it's time to change how we advertise?

We need to add somebody somewhere to screen ads, one-by-one, for this stuff.

Doesn't have to be the people hosting the website, but it *should* be somebody independent of the advertising firm.

Or take a zero-tolerance policy towards this stuff: "We find you've been showing this stuff to our customers, and we shut you out and find somebody else."


"the majority of scareware sites attempt to build more authenticity into their propositions by using 'non-clickable' icons of reputable technology web sites and performance evaluating services"

Which is why I pretty much consider these icons to be 100% useless. Stuff like COMODO's "hacker proof" icon are useless because they are 100% spoofable.

If you really need a good way to gain the trust of customers, use an extended validation certificate.
Posted by: CobraA1   Posted on: 09/13/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Time to change advertising?  CobraA1 | 09/13/09
The bad guys are creative  mechBgon | 09/13/09
Oh, and how ironic. Hey Dancho...  mechBgon | 09/13/09
ROFLMAO!  Grayson Peddie | 09/14/09
There *is* a problem on Macs too  GrahamCluley | 09/13/09
How is this a OS X or Windows problem?  NeoGeneration | 09/14/09
os  elllroy | 09/14/09
happened to me once. make that twice.  pfyearwood | 09/14/09
WRONG!!!  dinosoft@... | 09/14/09
Time to switch to decaf Dino?  914four | 09/15/09
Really, Dino?  gary@... | 09/15/09
Oh it is not a problem for Macs  gertruded | 11/17/09
Oh how ironic - I cannot take ZDNet recommendations seriously any more.  pdalton@... | 09/13/09
There's no preventing stupid.  James T. Kirk | 09/14/09
That's easy to say...  NCWeber | 09/14/09
RE: That's easy to say  bfilipiak@... | 09/14/09
Lol  aaaa123354 | 09/14/09
Excellent article, Dancho,  mhenriday | 09/14/09
See to that you don't need it. Simple.  Mikael_z | 09/14/09
Needing that "crap"  M.R. Kennedy | 09/14/09
Why not a Mac? Because we have work to do maybe?  James T. Kirk | 09/14/09
You need it too, my friend happy  mechBgon | 09/14/09
Silly Person  FrankleeMiDeer | 09/14/09
Google is one of the worst offenders  Joe_Raby | 09/14/09
NY Times was serving scareware yesterday  markbn | 09/14/09
NY Times Scareware  AndrewBW | 09/14/09
OK, I followed a link from Google News  markbn | 09/14/09
NY Times Scareware  savio.lau | 09/14/09
fake av stuff  boomchuck1 | 09/14/09
RE: The ultimate guide to scareware protection  lna2000 | 09/14/09
Find these guys?  murphym@... | 09/16/09
RE: Find these guys?  bfilipiak@... | 10/08/09
Downside to Apple's approach  fastboxster | 09/14/09
PLEASE READ THIS  chaz15 | 09/14/09
RE: The ultimate guide to scareware protection  Ashtonian | 09/14/09
The night crew should be FIRED in that case  Lerianis10 | 11/17/09
RE: The ultimate guide to scareware protection  JOEL714 | 09/14/09
All known scareware programs?  murphym@... | 09/16/09
Re: All known scareware programs?  Altiris_Grunt | 09/23/09
RE: The ultimate guide to scareware protection  rjamison | 09/14/09
RE: The ultimate guide to scareware protection  dennyw@... | 09/14/09
The OFF button  RazorEdge | 09/14/09
Avoid bad exits  cquirke | 09/15/09
-  fcdenton666 | 09/15/09
Simple rule of thumb  Greenknight_z | 09/15/09
No, the close button will NOT be a link to malware  Lerianis10 | 11/17/09
Cybercriminals are getting more sophisticated, so must we  edchuy | 09/16/09
RE: The ultimate guide to scareware protection  Fat2000 | 09/17/09
So, How to prevent it from popping up?  dclements@... | 11/17/09
RE: The ultimate guide to scareware protection  gertruded | 11/17/09

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