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[News] [Rival] Advertisements Are Dangerous to Windows Users

  • Subject: [News] [Rival] Advertisements Are Dangerous to Windows Users
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:58:43 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
Beware of pickpockets and malware-laced banner ads

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| MySpace, Excite and Blick have been caught serving banner ads that attempt to 
| install malware on machines running unpatched software. 
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/01/04/malware_laced_banners/


Related:

Windows users click on advert offering to infect PC for free

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| Are Linux and Mac users just more wary, more educated in security
| issues or less gullible?
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http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry1471.html

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