Ad requires software install

What is with the New England Coffee Ad? It requires you to install software to download the coupon. I doubt I'm the only one here that will not install software from an advertising company. They are among the worst offenders of malware.
I wouldn't really care but it is frequently the only ad that will pop up.

 

Hello Fred_Filthy,

Where did you see the ad popping up? If it's in the Ship Theatre by any chance, watching the ad should be enough for being rewarded, and you should not have to complete further steps (registering on various websites, downloading software, any social media interaction such as "likes", "shares", etc.). I'm glad you did not proceed with this, and I strongly recommend you to not download or install anything similar. Please provide a screenshot of this ad and we will report it and assist you further.
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Best regards,
teddy.bear

 

Hi teddy.bear,
If I see it again I'll screenshot it. I've gotten it late at night for two nights in a row. You answer a "survey" question then go to a website to download a coupon. However, it requires a download program ( red flag) to get the coupon. It never pays a reward, but I never install the downloader of course.

 

On teddy.bear's behalf,

Thanks Fred_Filthy. We look forward o the screenshot.

 

Hi,
Here are the screenshots. Unless I am doing something wrong, I see no way to complete this for reward without installing "coupon printing" software.


Thanks

 

Thanks Fred_Filthy. We will look into this further and will forward the information accordingly.

Is there anything else we can help you with?

 

Hi Wedgewood.
Nope, that's it. Just wanted to mention it since I think I recall that the original announcement said that the ads should not require anything like this. Not a huge deal, just a minor annoyance. Thanks again.

Fred_Filthy

 

Thanks for informing us of this. It is much appreciated.

Happy sailing.




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