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Worm Exploit Distributed by Advertising Network

Posted by michael on from the you-thought-you-were-safe dept.

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.

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  1. Yay! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Firefox user gets first post.

    1. Re:Yay! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Watch out. Before people read your comment the name may have changed.

  2. Re:So what's new here? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Allow me to disagree.

    However, I think there may be a point to what these people are up to.

    Dreuw

  3. I punched the monkey! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    But all I got was ebola.

  4. Fuck me to tears already, and get this over with by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    Fuck me to tears already, and get this over with, because I can't take it anymore.

    Jailmate