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    #16
    Well, I sent a note:

    You are asking for money for the privilege of downloading free software that is available at no cost elsewhere, and for "support" that is also given freely in online forums devoted to the various programs. It is perfectly all right to ask for help in maintaining a useful website, but not to pretend that you offer a necessary service when it is obvious that you do not. Your site may become famous in those forums I mentioned, and such fame will do you no good.

    I apologize for not being able to make the accusation in German.
    Its: Belongs to "It"
    It's: Shortened form of "It is"
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    Lose: Fail to keep
    Loose: Not tight

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    Plurals do not require apostrophes

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      #17
      I just found two more:




      It was an odd chance, I was trying to get here and my link didn't work (D4mned if I know what happened) so I had to fool around some.
      Its: Belongs to "It"
      It's: Shortened form of "It is"
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      Lose: Fail to keep
      Loose: Not tight

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      Plurals do not require apostrophes

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        #18
        First, apologies for my recent lapse of social interaction -- and its continuation -- I need to withdraw for a while sometimes...

        I just wanted to report an observation. Google seems to have cleaned up a lot lately, it is getting hard to find a scam site at all (there are still hidden pitfalls, of course -- no way out of that). But MSN and Yahoo are pulling in tons of them, with paid links right on top. So, anyone who badmouths Google and thinks Yahoo is somehow morally better is going to get an earfull from me.

        irfanview-center(.com)
        irfanview.downloadcenterz(.com)
        irfanview.softwarecenterz(.com)
        irfanview-stop(.com)
        irfanview-download(.com)
        irfanview.grafix-viewer(.com)

        Some are clones, even have identical button graphics
        Its: Belongs to "It"
        It's: Shortened form of "It is"
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        Lose: Fail to keep
        Loose: Not tight

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        Plurals do not require apostrophes

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          #19
          Just found this 'Under Construction' site, www.infraview.com. Page Rank 0, Alexa Rating waaaay below...

          WhoIs info is as follows:

          Registrant Search:
          "Santhana Krishnan" owns about 27 other domains

          Email Search:
          is associated with about 20 domains

          Registrar History:
          1 registrar

          NS History:
          1 change on 2 unique name servers over 3 years.

          IP History:
          3 changes on 3 unique name servers over 3 years.

          Whois History:
          715 records have been archived since 2001-11-02 .

          Reverse IP:
          129,137 other sites hosted on this server.

          Registrant:
          Santhana Krishnan
          InteQ Corporation
          100 Crosby Drive, Suite 100
          Bedford, MA 01730
          US

          Domain Name: INFRAVIEW.COM

          Administrative Contact, Technical Contact:
          Pathak, Falgun
          InteQ Corporation
          100 CROSBY DR
          BEDFORD, MA 01730-1438
          US
          (781) 999-6865 fax: (781) 275-6060

          Record expires on 24-Nov-2010.
          Record created on 24-Nov-1999.

          Domain servers in listed order:

          NS1.LAMEDELEGATION.NET 205.178.190.53
          NS2.LAMEDELEGATION.NET 205.178.144.53

          Even though the domain was purchased in 1999 (11 years ago!), the site is still 'Under Construction' and displays advertisements alone.

          Appears to be a case of Cyber Squatting!
          Last edited by WellOiledPC; 12.02.2010, 06:30 AM.
          Download IrfanView Help Manual from:
          IrfanView Website - Here
          Sam_Zen's Website - Here
          Author's Website - Here

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            #20
            INFRA , as in INFRA RED , or INFRA-structure or ..... Perhaps they deal with optical equipment
            or make toaster ovens. Perhaps they are a personnel service, like a temp agency.
            Cyber squatting?

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              #21
              Originally posted by Zoomshorts View Post
              INFRA , as in INFRA RED , or INFRA-structure or ..... Perhaps they deal with optical equipment
              or make toaster ovens. Perhaps they are a personnel service, like a temp agency.
              Cyber squatting?
              If you visit infraview.com, you'll realize its got nothing to do with Toasters/ Ovens... Its merely a few pages that supposedly link to downloads of 'Popular Image Viewers/ TIFF Converters/ Photo Editing Software'! Thats why the case for Cybersquatting.
              Download IrfanView Help Manual from:
              IrfanView Website - Here
              Sam_Zen's Website - Here
              Author's Website - Here

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                #22
                Thanks for your warning and the various advices! Shouldn't google usually give warnings about insecure sites?

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