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Banner Ad on Myspace Serves Adware to 1 Million

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the have-some-pop-ups dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Washingtonpost.com's Security Fix blog reports that a banner ad running on MySpace.com and other Web sites used a Windows security flaw to push adware and spyware out to more than one million computer users this week. The attack leveraged the Windows Metafile (WMF) exploit to install programs in the PurityScan/ClickSpring family of adware, which bombards the user with pop-up ads and tracks their Web usage."

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  1. Re:Excellent. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    I want a Social Security safety net. You are free to become a stain on life's floor if you don't.

    so, you want to steal my money, thanks a lot asshole. you will be the stain since you obviously can't take care of yourself.

  2. Re:Excellent. by slightcrazed · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yeah, what a great quote. It might as well read: "I'm not good enough to take care of myself - I require government assistance."