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Blogs Latest Source of PC Infection

Posted by Zonk on from the watch-where-you-surf dept.

smooth wombat writes "The BBC has a story which indicates that filtering firm Websense believes at least 200 fake blogs are in existence which have malicious code that could infect your pc. Websense said it had seen examples of some computer criminals creating a legitimate looking weblog, loading it with keylogging software or viral code, and then sending out the address of it through instant messenger or spam e-mail. Websense warned that viruses hosted on weblogs might be a danger because they get round the filtering systems many firms have created to ensure malicious programs do not reach employees." From the article: "In separate cases some blogs were being used as storage lockers holding chunks of malicious code that the controller of a network of zombie machines wants those remotely-controlled computers to use."

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

    I PWN JOO

  2. Firefox by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If they are running Firefox this shouldn't be a problem. FP!

  3. Bush supports freedom, Slashdot silent by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Slashdot was silent today when President Bush ordered a review of recent proposed changes in passport requirements for people crossing the US border. The half-dork, half-leftist-dumbfuck-activist website has a reputation for badmouthing the Bush administration for pretty much every breath it takes, while never bothering to follow up, issue corrections, or report things that don't fit its perpetual-victim-of-Bush stance.

    1. Re:Bush supports freedom, Slashdot silent by Uptown+Joe · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Bitter? Off Topic?

      Sounds like there is a Fox Network blog that you should be writing somewhere.

  4. Re:Other than Corporations.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    viruses. VIRUSES!

  5. Re:First? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Damn, looks like I failed it :-(

  6. ashamed of firefox? by matt+me · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    am i the only one now ashamed to be a firefox user? when i first got firebird (0.7) it was a respectable piece of open-source software to use.

    now, (i posted on spreadfirefox about wikipedia), most firefox users don't even know what a wiki is.

    i'm in gnome in fc3, and want konqueror back. you know you're in a truely geeky browser when the find function and handle regex.