Down With Drudge
I've been a longtime fan of Matt Drudge's Drudge Report, and have used it as my personal homepage for years.
No more.
Every time I access Drudge, I get hit with a ton of spyware. It slows my computer down to a crawl. I'm sick of removing it. I could (and probably should) set my firewall back up, but I'm pretty ticked that Drudge would support something so destructive to make a buck. I don't get nailed with adware at InstaPundit, so that's my new homepage.
I won't link to Drudge any longer either, for fear of exposing anyone who follows the link to more spyware.
Update:
Welcome Wizbang! recruits to the War on Drudge. We won't rest until the last popup ad is removed. In the meantime, war is hell---why not look around?
No more.
Every time I access Drudge, I get hit with a ton of spyware. It slows my computer down to a crawl. I'm sick of removing it. I could (and probably should) set my firewall back up, but I'm pretty ticked that Drudge would support something so destructive to make a buck. I don't get nailed with adware at InstaPundit, so that's my new homepage.
I won't link to Drudge any longer either, for fear of exposing anyone who follows the link to more spyware.
Update:
Welcome Wizbang! recruits to the War on Drudge. We won't rest until the last popup ad is removed. In the meantime, war is hell---why not look around?
posted by Teflon at 5:34 PM
4 comments
4 Comments:
And I thought it was just me. His site somehow goes around all my security and slips in the back door. I'm about done with him as well.
I use PeerGuardian, which blocks all of it. It's neat to look at because in any given second you can have 5 attempts to look into your computer
Even with good spyware protection, a visit to Drudge means that my computer needs a bath to find and remove all the junk he allows...plus the popups .
Now, I go once a week maybe.
Plus he is rich and lazy...does not cover breaking news like " Able Danger..." anymore
Come to think of it, Drudge still lets pop-ups through on my system (Firefox and Mac Jaguar)...
2 plus 2 equals...FOUR!
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