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TurboAAA
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2007-12-18 03:59:26

I'm sure others have noticed but I figured I would mention it.

One of the randomly generated adds from Google's net crawlers thought it was relevant to advertise, on this website, an anti-virus / PC repair program (no doubt mal-ware in itself) that considers boinc.exe dangerous.

Here is a screen shot I took:
http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/6307/ironicadddj2.jpg

PS, I need to update my e-mail address and zip code....
PovAddict
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2007-12-18 19:53:40

See this thread on the dev forums; it has happened before.

Click on the ad to get the complete address, and forward it to the devs.
Not running BOINC anymore for several reasons...
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