Hi, I have recently used an online backlink checker tool to see how my sites backlinks are like. The tool shows a series of adresses like this : http://matilde.msk.su/careyforfree/ http://schuenke.msk.su/careyforfree/ http://battista.msk.su/careyforfree/ http://ayache.msk.su/ravenrileyforfree/ There are more of these in the list. When i clicked on one of them i realized that all these adresses forward to another domains. Those domains have a video player screen and has a tricky pop up that says things like "download codec", "update activex" etc. this is a trap for users since even if you say cancel in the box (i guess) it will act like "ok" and when you close the pop up from "x" mark on the right top it goes into a loop. You can not close your browser (tabbed one) since there is a pop-up open. anyway this is definately a web scam trying to distribute a trojan, virus, adware etc. now i remember about reading that google can not punish you for your backlinks (unless paid links) since it is out of your control. however this thing looked highly dangerous to me. so my questions are : 1- could this be a "scam" used by "seo checker tool" sites or companies? i am asking this because i tried other seo pages to check and some are giving me "exact" same results but some dont have these links in their results. 2- did anyone experience a similar problem before and how did you solve it ? 3- apart from my knowledge (that it wont hurt my site) is there a different opinion or a fact about this situation that anyone knows? thank you.