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Google pushes Chrome browser as PC battle looms
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| Google has taken the unusual step of using
| real-world advertising to promote its Chrome
| web browser in Europe ahead of a regulatory
| change that will make it easier for consumers
| to switch Web browsers.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61127B20100202?type=technologyNews
Time to die, but Microsoft can't kill Internet Explorer 6
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| World governments want you to stop using IE6.
| Microsoft does too. But the software giant
| claims its hands are tied -- it's like a drug.
| Why Microsoft can't stop supporting IE6.
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http://apcmag.com/looks-like-time-is-up-for-internet-explorer-6.htm
Google joins the 'kill-IE6' campaign
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9150138/Google_joins_the_kill_IE6_campaign
A Tad Too Late, Google Begins Phase-Out of IE6
http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/2010/01/a_tad_too_late_google_begins_p.php
Recent:
VG disguises fake traffic as IE6
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| In late February, AVG paired its updated anti-virus engine with a real-time
| malware scanner that vets search engine results before you click on them. If
| you search Google, for instance, this LinkScanner automatically visits each
| address that turns up on Google's results page.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/26/avg_disguises_fake_traffic_as_ie6/
How to beat AVG's fake traffic spew
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| This has caused an enormous spike in traffic on sites across the web,
| including The Register, and many webmasters may not realize where these hits
| are coming from. Hoping to fool malware writers, LinkScanner mimics real live
| human clicks. At least in part.
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| [...]
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| To avoid confusion, we've updated this story to point out that webmasters are
| filtering traffic by identifying both the missing HTTP header and the IE6
| agent. It should also be noted that LinkScanner seems to be using two other
| user agents. But these are far less prevalent. At the moment, these are the
| three user agents the product seems to employ:
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| Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1)
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| User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1)
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| User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1;1813)
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/02/linkscanner_fake_traffic_temporary_fix/
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