Dodgy advertising in MSN

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colinuu

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#285892 23-May-2021 18:56

Maybe not wholly appropriate for this forum but ...

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This pops up as a headline advert in MSN news. How can rubbish like this get through? No doubt there are enough people who will believe to make the effort worthwhile.

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Wellingtondave

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#2711848 23-May-2021 20:08

For the last, what 10 years plus, Microsoft have been pulling this crap with I.E / Edge home page settings. It turns off everyone from using those browsers and drove me to other options and has kept me there.

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#2711856 23-May-2021 20:24

Seeing that ad pop up everywhere this weekend.... not just MSN.

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#2711859 23-May-2021 20:38

Ah, maybe not quite that advert, but similar. Google while browsing TradeMe.

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colinuu

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#2711870 23-May-2021 20:43

I've seen that variation too. It takes you to the same crap page.

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#2711895 23-May-2021 22:37

What this "power saver" actually is:

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#2712002 24-May-2021 09:58

Similar to the Bing search engine giving priority to results of warez/dodgy websites when Im trying to find a legit seller for particular software
MS should just give up on Browsers , search engines and news portals etc .

"but thanks to this new Nikola-Tesla-inspired technology......"

just mention Nikola Tesla to get the tinfoil hat wearers onboard . :-)
And make claims that big industry is trying to suppress your new invention .

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#2712069 24-May-2021 10:37

Ads? Bypass those - have you seen the 'news' articles on the .com

Eh gads. It puts womans day to shame with some of their storyline claims blended in with real news

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#2712597 24-May-2021 19:57

michaelmurfy:

What this "power saver" actually is:

Thanks for finding that video. I wonder exactly which part of a transformer-less mains powered led was inspired by Nikola Tesla? The mind boggles.

Nice housing though, for the project oriented amongst us ...