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julesjonesOne of the ads running on LJ today is for Performance Optimizer, a fake anti-spyware tool. It uses a pop-up ad to claim that it can enhance your computer's performance. It's actually a Trojan, and you don't want it anywhere near your computer. When it popped up on mine, I hit ctrl-alt-del to close down Firefox, because some of these things will install themselves whether you tell them yes or no. I'm now off to research this one further.
This is why I normally run my XP box from a user account that doesn't have software installation privileges.
ETA: I sent a note to the abuse team this morning, and this afternoon received a reply saying that they'd found the ad and disabled it.
This is why I normally run my XP box from a user account that doesn't have software installation privileges.
ETA: I sent a note to the abuse team this morning, and this afternoon received a reply saying that they'd found the ad and disabled it.