Worm Exploit Distributed by Advertising Network

Zocalo writes "Given that a lot of Slashdot readers also check The Register, it's important to note that their Internet advertising provider, Falk AG, was compromised by the BOFRA exploit yesterday. The Falk AG service has been suspended by The Register and a statement from Falk AG is due on Monday. The upshot is that if you visited the Register yesterday morning and use IE as your browser, then you probably need to run a full virus scan with up to date data files. Of course, those of us running other browsers and something like AdBlock have nothing to worry about. Again." You're OK for now if you're running SP2. There's also a good security writeup about the problem.

Comments

Viral Marketing

[Valen0]

This worm gives new meaning to the term "viral marketing"...

Re:No one is safe...

[Izago909]

What computing JOB can be done in Windows that can't be done as well or better by a Mac or Linux?

I've got a couple ideas: Professioal gamer or spyware/virus tester.

Re:Hosts File

[oexeo]

> If your computer is waiting for itself to respond to itself, some pages will never be displayed

Not in XP! in XP the chances are you already have a trojan-server running on 127.0.0.1:80 so it should respond instantly!