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From: Gottfried	4/19/2005 8:55:05 PM
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Pcpitstop article on sleazy antispyware pcpitstop.com excerpt >Other Sleazy Ads and Tactics This looks rather authentic, but is really a phony ad to a less than ethical antispyware company. You can also find many bogus companies using sleazy banner advertisements. Any advertisement that seems to over promise should be ignored; remember the adage "if it seems too good to be true, it probably is". Many of these advertisements go so far as to pretend to scan your computer and detect spyware. They use animated graphics that show a progress bar and then display results -- which aren't real, but are just a simulation of how the software might work. To the uninitiated consumer, though, such visuals could look convincing. And conveniently enough, they provide links to purchase a tool that can allegedly help fix the problem.<

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