[PLUG] Bad Fedora site ad.

Aaron Burt aaron at bavariati.org
Fri Jul 20 16:26:32 UTC 2007


On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 07:25:03AM -0700, someone wrote:
> Anyone else directed to freelotto.com by the main fedoraproject.org site?
> 
> It's not free, I decide to trust an ad that I was the 10,000th visitor to
> the site and the winner of a sizable chunk of change until it asked me for
> a credit card. 

Dude, I *know* you're not that gullible.  And I *also* know you've been
on the net for years and years.  You pullin' our (collective) leg?

> Question is, why is fedoraproject.org running such a questionable ad?
> What does taking a credit card number have to do with no purchase
> necessary?

URL?  I see no ads on fedoraproject.org.

If you're browsing from a spyware-infested Windows PC or through an
ad-insert proxy (e.g. MetroFi), there's your problem.




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