Is this just a clever way to install spyware?
 

http://todaysfreevideo.com/movies/hardcore/movie1.php

If so, thats pretty clever. I didn't click the "download codec" link -- anyone know what it does?

And to guys at Webair, since this seems to be hosted from your servers, if it turns out to be something malicious, would you kill it?

What should be the "best practice" regarding pages like this?

Steve Lightspeed

Yep this has been going on for a while.

Very deceptive, I almost downloaded it the first time ;)

DH

That's a REALLY old trick...

sacTOWN!!!!!!!

cockholsters

SOFTWARE INSTALLATION: Components bundled with our software may report to Licensor and/or its affiliates the installation status of certain marketing offers, such as toolbars, and also generalized installation information, such as language preference and operating system version, to assist Licensor in its product development. No personal information will be communicated to VIDEOCOMPRESSIONCODEC or its affiliates during this process. Licensor may offer additional components through our version checking/update system. These components include:
(a) "Internet Explorer Security Plugin 2006": Internet Explorer toolbar that protects your computer while you browse by setting high level of security for suspicious hosts.
[B](b) "Public Messenger ver 2.03": Popup advertising module that opens Internet Explorer ad windows when you are connected to internet.[/B](c) "Internet Security Add-On": your Internet Explorer homepage will be changed.
(d) Security software: antivirus/antispyware application.

Eventually this thread will become "Who cares.. what does it pay?"

Ok, so the user agrees to a bunch of technical bullshit that he doesn't even understand, and the supplier of the toolbar says "See? He agreed to it all right here!"

Very clever, but why don't they just have him sign over the deed to his house and title to his car in there, too?

You know... this reminds me of a time that I had this really, really bad cold, and I kept coughing like:

Cough Cough Cough Char Cough Cough Cough Lo Cough Cough Cough!

Except, with that particular cold, the EULA was less straightforward.

- Q.

They hadn't thought about it yet? :1orglaugh

You might have just tipped them off.

goddamn its malware week. fuck thsi net is getting like a sleazy strip club iwth dirty nasty class c strippers.


hahahahahaha.

yup thats spyware alright.

What if there was a new "watchdog" type program, with an affiliate program paying everyone to distribute it, maybe even offering incentives for surfers to execute it, whose sole purpose was to detect and publicly expose whoever is profiting from malicious installs?

What would it take to build a "watchdog" type program that follows the MONEY? It seems like the only way to kill spyware is to publicly expose the money trail.

Opinions?

Looks similar to the gallery spamming redirecting fucktards and their v-codec site. In the case of the v-codec guys what you think are the movies that you would click on to watch, it's a popup to download their "codec".

I personally believe they're email spammers infecting computers so they have a network to spam from.

Thanks for the info steve the account has been terminated for TOS violations. :)

Apologies for the delay guys but if you hit me/us directly these type of issues will be expideted.

pretty smooth :thumbsup

thats nothing new plenty of sites doing stuff like that.

It's what I call "asterix-ware". You want to download X (like a special codec to see a video) and they asterix in spyware, scumware, and even a patch to make it so that anti-vrius and anti-spyware programs can't easily remove it.

TOTAL FUCKING PIECES OF SHIT.

If anyone wonders why programs are still doing great and affiliates are bitching about sales, well... you don't have to look any further than this shit.

Thanks to zonealarm, all I get is a white page with this at the top:

Fatal error: Cannot break/continue 1 level in /home/vids/todaysfreevideo.com/movies/hardcore/movie1.php on line 16

:thumbsup

it seems that the page is broken now...