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I was surfing the Internet news feeds the other day when I came across an article about a website set up to test the stupidity of computer users.

The website offered a free virus to those who didn’t have one. “Is your PC virus free? Get it infected here!” the site asked and there was a clickable link to get the virus. In the six-month campaign over 400 people chose to get a free virus.

There was no actual virus. The whole setup was an experiment to see whether advertising with an overtly malicious intent would work. It appears it will.

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