Has anyone actually done any of those things that you see on the internet where you complete a few offers and get a free ipod or computer or something? Did it actually work and is it worth your time?
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It works but it takes some time and money invested on your part.
Works, never done it, takes your time and money, and often requires you to spam your friends.
Websites put banner ads up because they get paid when you either click or click and buy. Those websites basically require you to click and buy on a bunch of banner ads, and some require you to have your friends do it too.
Generally, best to avoid them me thinks.
Websites put banner ads up because they get paid when you either click or click and buy. Those websites basically require you to click and buy on a bunch of banner ads, and some require you to have your friends do it too.
Generally, best to avoid them me thinks.
i recall their being a show of some sort where they paid a few people to go through those schemes (even got them a computer to do so) to see what was required, a whole lot of time, going from site to site generating ad revenue and opening your computer up to just about every type of adware out there. if i recall almost all the computers used in the experiment had to be repaired. that is had to have virus/malware removed in large quantity or formatted and OS reinstalled.
advice don't do it. will cost you in comp repair and privacy concern at the very least. they track your web browsing to see where you go and what you buy and what things catch your attention. that may not be a concern to some folks but some of the adware you come across can easily end up being a security risk.
think only a few of the schemes paid off what was promised at the end.
advice don't do it. will cost you in comp repair and privacy concern at the very least. they track your web browsing to see where you go and what you buy and what things catch your attention. that may not be a concern to some folks but some of the adware you come across can easily end up being a security risk.
think only a few of the schemes paid off what was promised at the end.
It may actually work, and no - it probably isn't worth your time.
There are probably a billion lousy "jobs" in the world, some of which can be done on your computer. Chinese gold farmer anyone?
If you want something, be it an iPod Nano or a Dell laptop, may I suggest doing something that pays cash, and at least offers a modicum of job satisfaction. Selling your plasma, participating in medical trials, or prostitution spring to mind, although I'm sure there are others.
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i recall their being a show of some sort where they paid a few people to go through those schemes (even got them a computer to do so) to see what was required, a whole lot of time, going from site to site generating ad revenue and opening your computer up to just about every type of adware out there. if i recall almost all the computers used in the experiment had to be repaired. that is had to have virus/malware removed in large quantity or formatted and OS reinstalled.
advice don't do it. will cost you in comp repair and privacy concern at the very least. they track your web browsing to see where you go and what you buy and what things catch your attention. that may not be a concern to some folks but some of the adware you come across can easily end up being a security risk.
think only a few of the schemes paid off what was promised at the end.
This does not even make sense. These offers have you complete trials from valid companies, such as Netflix or GameFly. Also, if you have a Windows PC, having good antimalicious software programs will prevent this from happening. If you have a Mac, well, you will not be bugged down by Windows and its problems.
It may actually work, and no - it probably isn't worth your time.
There are probably a billion lousy "jobs" in the world, some of which can be done on your computer. Chinese gold farmer anyone?
If you want something, be it an iPod Nano or a Dell laptop, may I suggest doing something that pays cash, and at least offers a modicum of job satisfaction. Selling your plasma, participating in medical trials, or prostitution spring to mind, although I'm sure there are others.
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It may actually work, and no - it probably isn't worth your time.
There are probably a billion lousy "jobs" in the world, some of which can be done on your computer. Chinese gold farmer anyone?
If you want something, be it an iPod Nano or a Dell laptop, may I suggest doing something that pays cash, and at least offers a modicum of job satisfaction. Selling your plasma, participating in medical trials, or prostitution spring to mind, although I'm sure there are others.
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well i will say one or two things about that. if you participate in many of these they require you to turn off adblocker software most often (note not generally a firewall) and others require installation of a third party program. as for legitimate companies sure some companies like that make these offers but many many more of them are not offered through a big name company. it is generally a third party site of some kind. the slow down and malfunction i was referring to is on a windows operating system, lets face it as much flack as people give MS it is by far still the most used operating system platform in the world.
you make it sound like big business do not have anything to do with adware, yet who do you think is paying people to make it? in turn people make them more aggressive to try and keep those companies paying them to do so. this is where the whole problem with adware started, i would not put it past any company to take advantage of an opportunity to test new ad content on someone trying to win a "free" anything.
ps: good anti virus and firewall can not prevent anything if the user clicks on something and disregards that ever so easy to click away warning that may pop up. see it all the time.
(not meant to offend in any way, worked on a few (ok more than a few over 5 year period doing that work) computers that people did things like this and got hosed)
