Popup from hell!

Mr Webname · Apr 13, 2004

BBC TV highlights web popup that leads to ISP connection being highjacked and re-connection via a Premium Rate Number:-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/watchdog//reports/consumer1.shtml

seeker · Apr 13, 2004

sounds bad...
it used to be that this only happened with downloading porn related stuff and the infamous 'dialers'.
But a popup doing that?
Thats scary...

That being said, I didnt click on your link as I was not sure If that is the link with the popup itself...?

Mr Webname · Apr 13, 2004

seeker said:
I didnt click on your link as I was not sure If that is the link with the popup itself...?

No, I would never do that - it is the report from the BBC website

seeker · Apr 13, 2004

ahhh, ok...

it's a downloadable program.
they have been around for quite some time, but one can never be safe enough.
I knew a happy couple once... Until the telephone bill came to around 3000 euros...
Apparently his wife was 'porn' surfing by dialing anumber in the bahamas.

I still say use a Mac...
Free yourselves from these problems.

Mr Webname · Apr 13, 2004

Yes but it comes from a popup that cannot be closed down - the user keeps clickng on "no" until getting fedup and then clicks on "yes" rather than closing down. Owners of the popup are in Switzerland and known to have cleared ÃÂ£89,000 just from those reported to the BBC!