ff.net is evil!
Just now I tried to access some of the "Maglor in History" stories that rcfinch has listed on her web site.
(Go look at the stories, by the way, they're about my favourite Elf ever...)
Well, that particular story was posted on fanfiction.net. When I arrived there, that site showered me with a plethora of popups, as usual - but this time the popup was an Evil Popup from Hell and actually tried to install an effin' dialer on my computer, and when I refused tried handing me a trojan!
Luckily, Antivir caught them. I have sometimes seen banner or popup advertising trying to distribute some sort of malware, but the persistent nastiness of that thing surpasses everything I have ever seen.
ff.net really needs to watch what advertising they allow. Much of it is perfectly legit (selling magazine subscriptions and some such deathly boring commercial stuff), but dialers and trojans are definitely evil, not to say illegal. And they can't hide behind the fact they offer a 3-day popup suppressant - they should not be giving that sick stuff to anyone, even a casual visitor who wasn't clever enough to turn off all popups beforehand!
I hung around for a bit, searching for an email address I could vent my anger to, but wisely, ff.net studiously avoids telling anyone at any point where they can be reached. I mean, these people sell advertsing to all and sundry (legit), but all and sundry distribute dialers over their popups, refusal not an option (definitely illegal), and these people don't even give you a chance to tell them their site is spawning malware in all directions.
There is an option to "Report possible abuses" at the end of every effin' story posted on ff.net so you can make sure nobody mentions willies or suchlike ("Eeeek! There be kiddies about!"), but no chance to tell them something isn't working technically, or that one of their bleemin' popups is distributing fucking dialers and viruses! Bugger me with a maypole, but do these people ever have their dratted heads screwed on the wrong damned way!!!
(Go look at the stories, by the way, they're about my favourite Elf ever...)
Well, that particular story was posted on fanfiction.net. When I arrived there, that site showered me with a plethora of popups, as usual - but this time the popup was an Evil Popup from Hell and actually tried to install an effin' dialer on my computer, and when I refused tried handing me a trojan!
Luckily, Antivir caught them. I have sometimes seen banner or popup advertising trying to distribute some sort of malware, but the persistent nastiness of that thing surpasses everything I have ever seen.
ff.net really needs to watch what advertising they allow. Much of it is perfectly legit (selling magazine subscriptions and some such deathly boring commercial stuff), but dialers and trojans are definitely evil, not to say illegal. And they can't hide behind the fact they offer a 3-day popup suppressant - they should not be giving that sick stuff to anyone, even a casual visitor who wasn't clever enough to turn off all popups beforehand!
I hung around for a bit, searching for an email address I could vent my anger to, but wisely, ff.net studiously avoids telling anyone at any point where they can be reached. I mean, these people sell advertsing to all and sundry (legit), but all and sundry distribute dialers over their popups, refusal not an option (definitely illegal), and these people don't even give you a chance to tell them their site is spawning malware in all directions.
There is an option to "Report possible abuses" at the end of every effin' story posted on ff.net so you can make sure nobody mentions willies or suchlike ("Eeeek! There be kiddies about!"), but no chance to tell them something isn't working technically, or that one of their bleemin' popups is distributing fucking dialers and viruses! Bugger me with a maypole, but do these people ever have their dratted heads screwed on the wrong damned way!!!