Paint.net was catalogued by the UXP2 Lab over an advertisement on its site. The entry describes an ad made to look like a download button for the software that site visitors are trying to access.
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Paint.net: Download Button Ad.
“This is an ad designed to look like a download button for the software that site visitors are trying to access.”
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