It's been a while since I did a nice little rant. The only problem I have w/ this one is that I'm afraid that everyone will agree w/ me - what fun is that?
Whenever I check my CPA-mail Inbox, I usually see lots of ads that say something like "Tired of unwanted junk email? Click here." Ususally when you click one of these banners you'll be taken to a site that will ask you lots of questions, tries to sell you something and will usually request your email address leading to (you guessed it) unwanted junk email.
Another one that I saw a friend click on looked like a standard Windows XP popup warning him that he had spyware on his computer. He quickly clicked the link (because we all fear spyware) and before he knew it, his computer had a piece of spyware installed on his system to protect it from spyware!
And I guess the ones I really hate are the ones that say "punch the rabid kangaroo rat and we'll send you a million dollars" (or something to that effect). I once clicked on one in an effort to get the latest Harry Potter book for free and I had to click through about 30 pages all stating that I would not be obligated to buy anything, but each one wanted some kind of information from me and had lots of boxes I had to click on to keep from being signed up for some kind of junkmail. When I thought I was on the last page it said "Click on one of the great offers below or click 'Next' to get your free book". So, I clicked 'Next' and it kept re-directing me to the EXACT SAME PAGE! I did this about five times until I realized that I would never get my free book. I can't believe that I actually had to wait two weeks for my best friend to finish his copy before I could read it...of course, I probably would have had to wait 4-6 weeks for delivery, but that's not the point!
I guess my major beef is that so much of the internet looks all nice and innocent, but it would appear that most of it is just a bunch of scams...
-Ferret
"If Al Gore were dead (and he actually did invent the internet), he'd be spinning in his grave like a gyroscope!"
Whenever I check my CPA-mail Inbox, I usually see lots of ads that say something like "Tired of unwanted junk email? Click here." Ususally when you click one of these banners you'll be taken to a site that will ask you lots of questions, tries to sell you something and will usually request your email address leading to (you guessed it) unwanted junk email.
Another one that I saw a friend click on looked like a standard Windows XP popup warning him that he had spyware on his computer. He quickly clicked the link (because we all fear spyware) and before he knew it, his computer had a piece of spyware installed on his system to protect it from spyware!
And I guess the ones I really hate are the ones that say "punch the rabid kangaroo rat and we'll send you a million dollars" (or something to that effect). I once clicked on one in an effort to get the latest Harry Potter book for free and I had to click through about 30 pages all stating that I would not be obligated to buy anything, but each one wanted some kind of information from me and had lots of boxes I had to click on to keep from being signed up for some kind of junkmail. When I thought I was on the last page it said "Click on one of the great offers below or click 'Next' to get your free book". So, I clicked 'Next' and it kept re-directing me to the EXACT SAME PAGE! I did this about five times until I realized that I would never get my free book. I can't believe that I actually had to wait two weeks for my best friend to finish his copy before I could read it...of course, I probably would have had to wait 4-6 weeks for delivery, but that's not the point!
I guess my major beef is that so much of the internet looks all nice and innocent, but it would appear that most of it is just a bunch of scams...
-Ferret
"If Al Gore were dead (and he actually did invent the internet), he'd be spinning in his grave like a gyroscope!"
