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dA ads are getting worse and worse

Sun May 31, 2009, 6:14 PM
Has anyone else gotten a virus off dA?

Yesterday my computer was infected by a virus, most likely from one of the dA ads (it's the only site I was browsing). It was some sort of redirector trying to sucker the victim into getting "perfect defender" anti-virus (which is a scam, don't bother looking it up). How ironic. This is a 5 year old windows installation that has never had a single virus on it so it's unlikely I installed it myself.

And then it just happened again a few minutes ago: I logout of my dA account and get redirected to some moronic fake computer scan page trying to make me believe my computer is infected. Which it isn't (well not anymore).

It seems like dA is using some rather unreliable ad providers :( I'm not really surprised (they're clearly all about the $$) but I am getting pissed.

  • Mood: Pissed Off
  • Reading: War Against the Weak
  • Eating: nothing, I just ate too much pizza

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Aw

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-- Perfectly Imperfect, Is Perfection at It's Best Imperfections--
lol want more of them? =p
Thank you :)

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-- Perfectly Imperfect, Is Perfection at It's Best Imperfections--
ohh que oui :) il arrive l'été! il est déja là! (soyons optimistes!):P

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Mets-en, il faisait chaud chaud chaud aujourd'hui! Même les filles sont au rendez-vous haha.
hehe oui, overdose de pastel pour le printemps:) je botte les couleurs mornes ailleurs pour un moment!

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“The fluttering of a butterfly's wings can effect climate changes on the other side of the planet”
Thank you for the fav! :hug:
:aww: thanks so much for the :+fav: and Happy Holidays! :santa:

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