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Stupid phrases like "Free trial!"
superboyac:
edit: free trial/download, with hidden text: "to remove this application from your computer you must pay a removal fee"
-Krishean (February 26, 2010, 01:16 AM)
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If that happens you can be sure pirating will increase even more. Similar to that film pirating picture that Zaine posted earlier.
Darwin:
well at least nobody has thought of a "you have to pay to uninstall" service yet-Krishean (February 26, 2010, 01:16 AM)
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Please, PLEASE don't give anyone any ideas!
mwb1100:
well at least nobody has thought of a "you have to pay to uninstall" service yet-Krishean (February 26, 2010, 01:16 AM)
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Please, PLEASE don't give anyone any ideas!
-Darwin (February 26, 2010, 01:45 AM)
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Isn't that essentially what a number of those bogus anti-malware sites do?
1. "Click here to check your computer for spyware...."
<click> (a bunch of malware gets installed)
2. "Hey, we've found trojan.xyz, etc. - pay us $40 to remove it"
Does this really happen, or is it an urban legend?
wraith808:
It really happens. My wife picked up malware that did that at myspace. I was thankfully able to get rid of it with a combination of system restore and the free version of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.
edbro:
I believe it is also what Best Buy does. They sell you a machine loaded with crap then charge you to remove it all. To be fair, the manufacturers put most of the crap on there but, still...
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