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I was browsing the Aint-It-Cool-News website yesterday when I came across the worst website ad/spam/adware/malware I have ever seen.

This is worse than those damn interstitial ads. Please note that this happened on my Firefox browser, which was even more surprising to me.

The ad comes from a website called System Doctor, and they really suck. I didn’t click on any ad to initiate this sequence of events. Like an interstitial, it just happened.

The first thing it does is close all of my browser windows. Yep, all of ‘em. And it displays this (and only this):

Would you like to install System Doctor and check your computer?

Um, no, I really wouldn’t. Naturally, I click CANCEL.

Which of course, takes me to their stupid web site:

Apparently, in their bizarre little world, CANCEL = OK.

At this point, I just want to get out of there. So I click the “Back” Button on the browser (left arrow).

Not so fast! We’re not letting you go that easily, bub!

The browser displays another dialog box.

Read that dialog box carefully:

NOTICE: You have not completed the error scan. If your computer has errors in file system or Windows registry, it could cause unpredictable or erratic PC behavior, freezes, crashes, and loss of data. You need to install SystemDoctor to scan for and, if found, fix system errors now (Recommended)?

I’ll bet it’s recommended. Notice the FUD exploitation of the first sentence - I just wanted to read about Spiderman 3, and now I’m being told that my computer could be a possible deathtrap. Then it tells me what I NEED to do… and right NOW! The icing on the cake is the hijacking of the word “Recommended”, which pops up on a lot of install software and other Windows apps.

Naturally, I click CANCEL again.

NOT SO FAST, ASSHOLE! When you clicked CANCEL, we assume you meant OK! Remember?

System Doctor will scan your system for errors now.

WHAT?

This file has been digitally signed and independently certified as 100% free of viruses, adware, and spyware.

Do you believe the balls on this son of a bitch?

Only after clicking OK on the dialog box do I return to the AICN site.

These bastards at systemdoctor.com should be strung up. So should Harry Knowles for allowing this crap on his site.

~BG