Fake pop ups fool users

[Internet News]

In a study carried out by the North Carolina State University, it has been found that many users of the internet are being fooled by fake pop ups. These would normally take the form of saying that the user is the “Millionth Visitor” or “Congratulations You Have Won”, but no matter how silly these Pop [...]

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[aidso]

Ive seen a brilliant one a few times now where a little flash image comes up in the bottom right of the webpage to make it look like one of you contacts has logged onto MSN. Although instead of it being someone normal it will say "Blond Beauty has signed in". I thought that was pretty cool and many people would fall for it .