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JaWiB

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Misleading ads...
« on: October 03, 2011, 09:16:10 PM »
I was downloading the GIMP today on sourceforge and I actually clicked on an ad thinking it was the download button. Normally, I wouldn't think much of it since it's a common tactic to put a fake "Download" button, but then I realized that the ad actually said "Download GIMP," AND it caused an appropriately-named *.exe to start downloading. WTF? Do ads really need to know the content of the page I'm viewing?