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Trojans and Popups and Slimeball Business

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the remember-when-the-net-was-polite dept.

Selanit writes "Salon.com is reporting on a company which exploited a vulnerability in an old but common version of Internet Explorer's Java engine to install spyware on the visitor's machine. " It's a pretty in depth story showing the lack of respect that some companies have. My favorite part is that the guy who denies any knowledge of the trojan popup is named 'Frank Bigott'.

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  1. Not a good day for M$ on Slashdot by Tensor · · Score: 0, Redundant

    First a virus uses a worm that exploits a vulnerability in Outlook and OE to spread.

    Now this.

    Ouch.

  2. Internet Explorer's WHAT machine? by Rogerborg · · Score: 3, Redundant

    Correction: the Microsoft VM is not a Java Virtual Machine. It is a Virtual Machine that supports Java. Lest we forget, Sun had to fight long and hard to have a court uphold this. Check out the Microsoft security bulletin about this flaw and note that it is the "Microsoft® virtual machine (Microsoft VM)". Let's not tar JVM's with the same brush.

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