It is more common than you think. In fact it’s probably the main reason I object to blog pimping here on FR.
Even if you don’t have detection software, you can run a little test for yourself. Go to Internet Tools on your browser. Clear out all the cookies except for your e-mail, FreeRepublic login and that sort of stuff. (I normally have 6 or 7 “good” cookies that I keep, just for convenient access to sites like this one.)
Then click on a blog being pimped here on the forum. Just pick one at random. Return to your Internet Tools file and check the cookie file. You’ll be amazed at how much crap a single click will get you. That’s how these creeps make their money. They are getting paid for leaving that stuff on your machine, along with having you read the pop-ups and ads on their site.
Thanks shibumi.
Even after reading all the comments, I still don’t know what he was trying to say here.....
“”hyped-up imagine of being smart , imagine isnt everything””