Annoying Ad's Recently

[LadyMilla]

Annoying Ad #3 (Actually it's great, get a free iPhone!): http://data.liquidme...GlQaG9uZUBAQDE=

 

Not so great... according to my Internet security software. http://www.thenexusforums.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/whistling.gif

 

After clicking on the 'free iPhon' ad, this warning popped up:

 

 

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee116/MillaMerani/Misc/HarmfulAd.jpg

 

 

To quote the reasons for blocking the URL:

 

Why has your Avira product blocked this website?

The website you have attempted to access is a known fraudulent website. The following categories of websites are classified as potentially dangerous:

"Fraudulent" sites / subscription traps

Another kind of potentially dangerous website may offer free subscription that in reality is liable to cost you money. The user is seduced in to entering their personal data in order to get a free offer. The personal data is then used to send invoices to the subscribers. Avira products block these websites and those listed by consumer organizations. We use the addresses from the [Federation of German Consumer Organizations] (link: www.vzbv.de) and [Consumer Advice Center of Hamburg] (link www.vzhh.de) through a special agreement.

I fully understand that Robin wants to recover some of the costs of operating this website through these ads, but when the ads on your site link to websites that get caught by firewalls/security software, you really should not blame the visitors for resorting to ad-blocking plugins. It does not matter if the alert is false positive or not, the average user will not investigate the validity of the alert.