Possible Spam/Virus Site Using Your Name...
Posted: 04 Dec 2009 03:00
Hi,
Not sure if I've picked the best forum for this but I came across a bit of advertising which had me a little puzzled today.
Firstly, it got me puzzled, because I had never seen VLC advertised before - especially through an advirtisment site such as adbrite, but low and behold this is what I saw: http://b1.adbrite.com/iads/389099.jpg
This is being advertised through the company adbrite. What got me even more confused was the website the banner linked to:
http://vlcdownload.net
I knew this wasn't the same site as we're on now, and I had used in the past. What was the final straw for me was the download link offered:
http://preview.licenseacquisition.org/4 ... -win32.exe
Now I've always seen your download links going from your own servers, I guess so you can track downloads etc.
I don't know, perhaps I've got the wrong end of the stick - but it looks to me like somebody is using your good name to trick people into downloading a virus or something and thought I would give you a heads up. You can normally email in to places like adbrite and ask them to take down a certain bit of advertising, and you have the image url above of which needs taking down.
Hope I haven't got this all wrong...
Not sure if I've picked the best forum for this but I came across a bit of advertising which had me a little puzzled today.
Firstly, it got me puzzled, because I had never seen VLC advertised before - especially through an advirtisment site such as adbrite, but low and behold this is what I saw: http://b1.adbrite.com/iads/389099.jpg
This is being advertised through the company adbrite. What got me even more confused was the website the banner linked to:
http://vlcdownload.net
I knew this wasn't the same site as we're on now, and I had used in the past. What was the final straw for me was the download link offered:
http://preview.licenseacquisition.org/4 ... -win32.exe
Now I've always seen your download links going from your own servers, I guess so you can track downloads etc.
I don't know, perhaps I've got the wrong end of the stick - but it looks to me like somebody is using your good name to trick people into downloading a virus or something and thought I would give you a heads up. You can normally email in to places like adbrite and ask them to take down a certain bit of advertising, and you have the image url above of which needs taking down.
Hope I haven't got this all wrong...