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My bank displays an overlay every time I log in, asking me to install some dumb antivirus from some dumb company in exchange for $25 (#notabubble). It was anno
by GuiA 13y ago
My bank displays an overlay every time I log in, asking me to install some dumb antivirus from some dumb company in exchange for $25 (#notabubble).
It was annoying me, so I sent them a message saying I had installed the antivirus (I hadn't, it's Windows only and I use OSX at work and Linux at home) and asked for my $25. They appeared a few days later in my bank account.
But the darn popup kept appearing every time. A month or two later, I messaged them again, saying I had installed the antivirus. A few days later, $25 in my bank account.
Oh well. If you pay me for your dumb popups, why not. I plan on messaging them again in a month or so :) (can't make it too obvious)
- darth_aardvark 13y agoWhile I'm all for sticking it to the man, isn't this a legally dangerous thing to do?
- Aloha 13y agoPosting about it on HN might be :-P
- ye 13y agoIf they pay for installs, why not? Nothing stops you from uninstalling it the next day.
- Sami_Lehtinen 13y agoUse Sandboxie, it makes stuff like that trivial.
- buremba 13y agodon't worry, most probably they will take it back from you with its interest.
- GuiA 13y agoI've never used a credit card in my life :)
- bostonvaulter2 13y agoThey might be able to take it directly from your bank account, especially since it seems like your bank partners with them.
- krapp 13y agoIf they were smart they wouldn't be paying their customers to install their spyware, they'd penalize them for accessing their site without installing it. For their own "security". That's probably illegal though. I hope.
- mikestew 13y agoFor that $50 they could have just given you one of those little RSA key fobs (or equivalent). Assuming their goal is increased security, that is. OTOH, if it's just "offers from our partners" spam, I'd ditch them immediately. That's the kind of crap I expect from free file sharing sites or something, not the entity that holds my money.