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Adware Spreads Through Myspace
Sandbagger writes "Here's an interesting problem for MySpace — groups of websites that entice MySpace users into placing videos onto their profile pages (under the guise of 'free content'), without disclosing a key piece of information that might make them think twice. When someone visits one of these profiles carrying the video, a DRM acquisition box pops up and attempts to install Zango adware. In all likelihood, the profile owners don't even know these videos are doing this to their visitors. The end result is an Adware affiliate effectively removing himself from the distribution chain and letting kids promote these videos instead, in a strange example of viral marketing gone wrong."
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this is too much like an AIDS outbreak in a sex offender prison I can't be sad for this
I got you an Andes mint, but it melted in my pocket
in a strange example of viral marketing gone wrong.
Strange because things referred to as "viral" so rarely go wrong.
https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
My bicyles
Let's shorten that up a bit:
:)
Marketing is like rape to sex.
Or:
Marketing is always wrong.
Has a nice ring to it, that last one.
It goes from God, to Jerry, to me.
With all the clutter on there already, how did anybody notice in the first place??
always use protection when visiting a new friend, or even old friend, on myspace. Because you never know where those dangly parts have been.
And I'm happy that I don't need to find freeware; it finds me at the drop of an apt-cache. I'm happy to have a development environment that doesn't make me want to murder small furry woodland animals. And most importantly, I'm happy that my operating system is not a one-size-fits-all deal from a company that annually rapes everyone for their MSDN license.
...and I thought that myspace was itself a virus...can a virus infect a virus?
never bring a twinkie to a food fight.
I mean, common, evil... everybody's doing it!
Here we can see a fine example of the tragedy of the commons.
Want to improve your Karma? Instead of "Post Anonymously", try the "Post Humously" option.
Wow, you really CAN do anything at Zombo.com!
It could also be the the little toothbrush mustache and the swastika armband.
It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.
Alternatively, walk up to one of them and violently smash their head into the display, kicking the head again as the body slumps to the ground. Look around menacingly and say "You myspace fuckers LEAVE NOW!", then be seated and do some work.
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