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RE: *SPAM* More info on malware-scan.com ads on, newspaper Web sites
From: Randy Mueller <randallm () fidmail com>
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 08:15:27 -0600
==================== Message: 5 Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 20:21:00 -0500 From: "Larry Seltzer" <Larry () larryseltzer com> Subject: RE: *SPAM* [funsec] More info on malware-scan.com ads on newspaper Web sites To: <rms () computerbytesman com>, <funsec () linuxbox org> Message-ID: <0273B67044957C41BD71D12EBA2E00AE1A27A2@becca.LarrySeltzer.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I'm not sure why the ad networks would need to do anything. You'd think, OTOH, that publishers like YNet would drop ads that included the redirects, especially since they're taking the user away from the publication. At this point I blame Ynet more than the ad network. It's sort of like the womany who refuses to leave the husband who's beating her. Larry Seltzer eWEEK.com Security Center Editor http://security.eweek.com/ http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/ Contributing Editor, PC Magazine larry.seltzer () ziffdavisenterprise com ============================================== Well Larry, that is just to dam simple. Come up with something hard. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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