1) You think you�re going to watch a new release online � in this case, Salt:

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2) A gateway install prompt appears, the only difference being it says �ClickPotato� instead of �Zango�:

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Note that it has ShopperReports and QuestDNS preticked, and the text blurb (which I�m assuming was put there by the affiliate operating movie-watching-site(dot)com) says �You must install the movie codec to play movie�. I�m pretty sure ClickPotato isn�t a movie codec.
3) You end up with the ClickPotato program installed on your PC. The About page says this: �In exchange for access to an endless array of popular videos, ClickPotato displays occasional promotional messages based on your Web search and browsing.�
An �endless array�. We�ll come back to that, but first a question: do you think the above website is actually going to show you Salt after having installed ClickPotato?

The answer, of course, is �no�. In case you were wondering � and I know you are � all of the supposed movies on that site display a similar error.
All in all, my first exposure to ClickPotato hasn�t gone as well as it could have.
Shall we take a look at the �endless array� of movies on the ClickPotato homepage, accessible from the ClickPotato application?

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There�s a list of programs from A to Z that you can watch. However, clicking into the various listings is a little surreal because almost everything I looked at was a link to material on sites such as Megavideo, Veoh and sina(dot)com(dot)cn that probably shouldn�t have been there.
For example, here�s a typical set of links from the South Park page:

This is what you see if you click the very first link:

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�This video has been removed due to infringement�.
Whoops.
Whenever you click on a program / movie link, they�ll present you with the following before sending you to Megavideo or wherever:

�on a site outside of ClickPotato�.
It seems they�re distancing themselves from the many instances of pirated content hosted elsewhere yet linked to from the main site, especially as the Terms of Use state they�re not responsible for �the quality, content, nature or reliability of Sites accessible by hyperlink from this Site�.
All in all, this isn�t a hot potato. Going by past experience with websites that want to install adware in return for �free movies�, I�d advise you not to bother � you�ll either end up watching camcorder footage shot in the local theatre, a blurry mess hosted in China or a thought provoking error message that the critics are calling �The feelbad movie of the year�!
Not coming soon to a cinema near you�
Christopher Boyd
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