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Security Adviser | Roger A. Grimes » Malware/Unwanted Software being distributed via MSN banner ads

February 18, 2007 | Comments: (0)

Malware/Unwanted Software being distributed via MSN banner ads

Apparently, malware producers have been able to infilitrate MSN's banner advertising system, pushing unwanted software to MSN users.

Read what is publicly known so far here, at Sandi's MVP blog.

Posted by Roger Grimes on February 18, 2007 08:43 AM


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