Recently, Didier Stevens, an European IT professional, conducted a Google AdWords experiment to see how many people would click on an ad that clearly indicated that doing so would infect their computer with a virus.

The results? Over 400 idiots, umm, I mean people clicked the ad over the six month test period.

Interestingly, 98% of the clicks came from users of Internet Explorer. I guess hackers and adware crooks have a reason for targeting this browser the most.

Too bad Stevens did not publish more demographic information from his experiment. It would interesting to see if any clicks came from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.