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Intentional SpyWare Infection?

Posted by Cliff on from the a-deliberate-contraction dept.

zagman asks: "I am doing some research on SpyWare / AdWare, and how to prevent/contain the problem, and am looking for some of those 'Bad Sites' - you know, the ones which take advantage of any of the known exploits and installs a whole bunch of software without your knowledge (or sometime with it). I am testing this on IE6 on an XP-SP1 box (no further patches) and also IE6.02 on a XP-SP2 box. Can anyone out there recommend some 'good' bad-sites for me to go? Benjamin Edelman did some similar work, and posted his results, but I also want to compare Mozilla and FireFox's response as well. Thanks out there!" Update: 11/24 4:05pm EDT by C : In case it hasn't been mentioned already, a considerable amount of infection can be obtained from a single website. Any other infectious goodies out there?

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  1. http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ by jon787 · · Score: 3, Funny

    http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/

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  2. Re:Another IE trash fest. by Saeed+al-Sahaf · · Score: 3, Funny

    I love it. If you're not a sheep you're a troll. Ah, Slashdot! Got to love it!

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  3. Ugh! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hate those sites! The other day I was spending the afternoon looking at some midgets having sex with horses, when the website installed Bonzy Buddy on my coputer. What a bunch of sick bastards!

  4. Some friends and I were just talking... by hivemind_mvgc · · Score: 2, Funny
    ...about http://xpire.info/fa?d=get

    I refuse to make it a link. If you really want to see it, you'll have to copy -> paste it yourself and cut your own throat.

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