Is this spyware?


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so i was browsing the site and saw this little link thing in the news page and i thought of that eula toptext thing. I'm on firefox and i don't think the spyware affects it, or this could just be a way for the site to advertise, like tomshardware. Either way i just wanted to make sure, pictures are below.

Image 1 - notice the words apple in orange

http://www.lingeringthoughts.com/images/NeowinProb/desk1.JPG

Image 2 - notice the popup

http://www.lingeringthoughts.com/images/NeowinProb/desk2.JPG

I've run spybot, and it didnt pickup anything. Does anyone know whats going on?

thx

Also when i checked the sites source there was no link around the text apple, and it didnt look like there was any javascript loaded that would do this.

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It's an advertisement system that helps maintain Neowin. There is no spyware/adware/any kind of software loaded onto your computer. The "ads" are placed using javascript.

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thanks, thats what i originally thought because of places like tomshardware which do this type of advertisment. I just wanted to make sure though.

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thanks, thats what i originally thought because of places like tomshardware which do this type of advertisment. I just wanted to make sure though.

Don't worry. We respect our community members. We will never place anything on your system or force popup ads at you.

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