Hacked Ad Seen on MySpace Served Spyware to a Million
An online banner advertisement that ran on MySpace.com and other sitesover the past week used a Windows security flaw to infect more than a million users with spyware when people merely browsed the sites with unpatched versions of Windows, according to data collected by iDefense
The threat was found by a ‘malware’ specialist while using his Linux based machine. Isn’t it nice to be able to browse the internet for dangers while in a bullet-proof suite? You gotta love that.
Yet again a reminder to drop Internet Exploder and use Firefox (or Flock).
Categories: Internet
This is why one should use a secure browser: either firefox or Opera or some other lesser known ones like KMeleon. With millions of spyware infested sites, no one is secure. More information on spyware: http://www.spyware2.net
Seriously, Myspace needs to screen their stuff better. This is just an example of how rampant spam and spyware has become on myspace: http://www.antispyware-softwarereviews.com/