Be careful searching for Top Gear episodes

Love Top Gear? I do to, can't wait for Sundays and Wednesdays, and tend to watch it on Dave through the week (seen them all hundreds of times since they're repeated around 5 times a day, but bah, there's normally nothing else on anyway). However, if you're searching for Top Gear episodes (thought everyone knew the official URL (http://bbc.co.uk/topgear), but obviously not), then you may find yourself coming across this;

watchtopgear.info
IP: 50.22.42.159

IP PTR: 50.22.42.159-static.reverse.softlayer.com
ASN: 36351 50.22.0.0/18 SOFTLAYER - SoftLayer Technologies Inc.

There are many variations for other TV programs (watchthesimpsons.info existed a while back for example), and they all inevitably lead to Zango (aka Pinball Publisher Corp, Pinball Corporation), which is PPI (Pay Per Install) adware.

Sometimes, these have been known to install silently, other times, you'll see something like this;



Whatever it is you are looking for, do yourself a favour, and your machine a favour - stay well away from this rubbish, it isn't good for your sanity, and isn't good for your machine.

The real Top Gear site is here;

http://bbc.co.uk/topgear

Hat tip to LOON3R for the heads up.