Today, I had the dubious pleasure of having the following site forced on me: 
It did all the usual things, informing me that my computer (one running Ubuntu Studio, with a customized version of the Xfce desktop environment) was infected with a whole pile of nasties. It also did me the service of attempting to force a download of something that purported (but of course, would not) fix the problem.
What struck me about the site was what a nice job it did of looking like a standard version of Windows XP. Now, I know XP has been popular for quite some time (since 2001 or so), but it's running out of steam. Microsoft is phasing out support, it hasn't been available for purchase for a couple of years, and new computers (other than netbooks) just plain aren't coming with it any more. The folks running irritating pop-up, forced download sites need to get with the times and move on.
What struck me about the site was what a nice job it did of looking like a standard version of Windows XP. Now, I know XP has been popular for quite some time (since 2001 or so), but it's running out of steam. Microsoft is phasing out support, it hasn't been available for purchase for a couple of years, and new computers (other than netbooks) just plain aren't coming with it any more. The folks running irritating pop-up, forced download sites need to get with the times and move on.
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