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Renegade:
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THOSE FUCKING DOUCHES!

I just ranted about my crappy Mac DVD drive, and then these douches (Scorecard Research) drop a survey on the site (http://kewlaid.net). It's hosted at Wordpress, so I'm pretty pissed with them as well.

Enraged that they'd put their crap on a site that I pay for, I had to use their contact form:

You dropped a survey into my site at http://kewlaid.net.

What the fuck makes you think that it's fucking ok to put your shit on MY FUCKING SITE THAT I FUCKING PAY FOR~!

I expect a fucking response.
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Seriously. Isn't this criminal?

This is what they fucking did:

Scorecard Research Survey (NSFW) - Ed. Wordpress hacked?

Pissed. Very pissed.

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EDIT: Changed subject

Renegade:
<rant>

I felt the overwhelming need to contact Wordpress as well...

I did:
I posted on my domain at http://kewlaid.net where I have paid for no ads.

I saw:
Scorecard Research posted a survey on MY SITE on MY DOMAIN.

I expected:
I expected that having paid for no fucking ads, that there would be no fucking ads.

I am fucking pissed. How the fuck do you think it is ok to post fucking ads and shit on MY FUCKING DOMAIN when I pay for NO FUCKING ADS?

YOU ARE POSTING ARBITRARY CODE THAT IS NOT A PART OF WORDPRESS ON MY SITE.

Normally this would be considered hacking or theft of services. It is at the very minimum spam. It is clearly using my domain and services that I have paid for to spam people, and sure as hell looks like criminal theft of services.

I have posted here with a screenshot of the Scorecard Research survey:

https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=24965.0

I'm not going to tell anyone about my online usage, but I'm sure as fuck going to ask why someone is polluting my site with spam!
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Renegade:
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Well, I got a response from Wordpress, and I'm satisfied that they're not slipping in crap. Still ticked at ScorecardResearch though.

</unrant>

cyberdiva:
So what did Wordpress say?  And how DID ScorecardResearch put its garbage on your site?

Renegade:
So what did Wordpress say?  And how DID ScorecardResearch put its garbage on your site?
-cyberdiva (December 21, 2010, 09:18 AM)
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This was the WP response I got:

Hi,

I assure you, there are no ads on your blog.

I took a look at the screenshot you posted, and there is definitely cause for concern.

We are not affiliated with ScoreCardResearch in any way, but what you're seeing is a common bit of tracking malware that you may have picked up from any site.

I recommend clearing your cache and cookies immediately and running an anti-virus scan on your computer.

http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=32050

Regards,

James | Happiness Engineer | WordPress.com and IntenseDebate

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I ran 2 complete scans that turned up nothing, so I don't really know how it got there.

I DID install a few games though from a post in another thread. I'd never seen it before then, so it might be related. Not sure.

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