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Don't open that site!

Don't open that site!

2009-09-29 by AlienRelics

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Jesse Smith <stoi2m1@...> wrote:
>
> http://www.3ab********awvsY4.html
>

One spammer slipped through, or he's naive, or his computer has been taken over by a 'bot.

Google gave an advisory warning, and that complicated URL just goes to some site advertising viagra.

Steve Greenfield

Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Don't open that site! No, really, don't!

2009-09-29 by Steve Woodford

On Tuesday 29 September 2009 17:08:05 AlienRelics wrote:
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Jesse Smith <stoi2m1@...> wrote:
> > http://www.3ab********awvsY4.html
>
> One spammer slipped through, or he's naive, or his computer has been
> taken over by a 'bot.
>
> Google gave an advisory warning, and that complicated URL just goes
> to some site advertising viagra.

It does more than that. After displaying the image it will attempt to 
exploit vulnerabilities in older versions of browser plugins for Adobe 
Acrobat Reader and Flash, most likely to install malware on your 
computer.

Steve

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