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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. Could it be? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Frist Post?

  2. Uh? by Adolf+Hitroll · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'm sure I read about it on Digg yesterday. I'd rather read about the Lebenase and how teh USians are fucking them out of their place.

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    Smile, don't click...
  3. Good. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yet another reason not to use MySpace. If you want to be a narcissistic asshole, just get a Geocities account and have fun.

  4. Oh the horror!!! by gasmonso · · Score: 0, Troll

    Doesn't anyone think of the pedaphiles!

    http://religiousfreaks.com/
    1. Re:Oh the horror!!! by Eightyford · · Score: 0, Troll
      Doesn't anyone think of the pedaphiles!
      And emo kids.

      Q: What's so great about emo bread? A: It cuts itself!
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  5. Re:Excellent. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    I want a Social Security safety net.


    You pathetic, whiny little cunt.