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Nov 10^th, 2009 at 7:17am

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Not sure where to post this. I spotted this ad on the main forum page today. Not the first time I've seen it.

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Reply #1 - Nov 10^th, 2009 at 10:45am

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I think it is only offering the demo version.

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Reply #2 - Nov 10^th, 2009 at 4:08pm

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Forum ads are google ads.

If they are bad -- google is running bad ads --

Banks kill people -- not sure google kills people --

Think Global. It's the world we live in.

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Reply #3 - Nov 10^th, 2009 at 4:46pm

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From the illustration they're offering FSX DeLuxe as a free download. If you click on the ad they want you to install the HotBar toolbar in order to download it. I checked this out & it's known adware which is difficult to get rid of. The only free download of any MS sim that I know of is the FSX Demo which is readily available from the Microsoft Insider website with no strings attached.

I pointed this out as it makes this site look bad. If you're not interested then I'm obviously wasting my time.

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Reply #4 - Nov 10^th, 2009 at 10:16pm

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It is a pretty suspicious ad to anyone that knows anything about the legality of such a download. I have not seen the ad much myself. Just with any ad I ignore it but I can see where you are getting that it makes SimV look bad.

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