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Jayenkai
Created : 17 August 2007
 

The software awards scam



https://successfulsoftware.net/2007/08/16/the-software-awards-scam/
This guy created a text file, renamed it to an EXE, and then won a bunch of awards from spammy websites.

Beware the evil shareware sites!!

 

Comments


Friday, 17 August 2007, 09:04
Phoenix
Wow! It's really disgusting that some sites owners completely lack moral.
Friday, 17 August 2007, 09:16
power mousey
anything for those Google dollars.


I usually go and use Tucows.
Friday, 17 August 2007, 21:12
blanko1324
Sick...but bookmarked. I want to know the right sites to send my programs to.
Saturday, 18 August 2007, 01:08
shroom_monk
That's quite funny.

|edit| I was reading through the comments, when I came across this post:
'Even PC World are displaying your NothingWare.'
That is quite disturbing. Even PC World are doing it! Although, to be fair, they are no longer displaying it... |edit|