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Here’s a cheeky one. On the Greasemonkey script site Userscripts(dot)org, there’s a script claiming to banish all those horrible surveys that keep “free” downloads out of your reach forever.

Sounds good, right?

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Well, let’s fire up the install process. I can hardly wa –

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…hang on, “download the REAL SCRIPT from here”?

Can you guess what is lurking at the download location?

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Attempting to hide a “survey bypassing script” behind…a survey? Whoops. “You should only install scripts from sources you trust” is on the install box for a reason…

Christopher Boyd