by Alex Eckelberry | Aug 23, 2008 | Uncategorized
Alex Eckelberry
by Alex Eckelberry | Aug 23, 2008 | Uncategorized
Google continues to have a problem with malware being advertised in Google Adwords, in this case, for the trojan Antivirus XP 2008. Examples:andAn exacerbating part of the problem, of course, is that Google Adwords are massively syndicated to other sites, including...
by Alex Eckelberry | Aug 22, 2008 | Uncategorized
Marketing uber-guru Seth Godin blogs:Ads are the new online tip jar”I never click on ads.”It’s almost a badge of honor to say that. The subtext is, “I’m too smart/busy to waste my time doing that,” or perhaps, “I don’t...
by Alex Eckelberry | Aug 22, 2008 | Uncategorized
Dissasembled, the output is actually this:movie ‘spammed.swf’ compressed // flash 6, total frames: 136, frame rate: 12 fps, 1×1 px // unknown tag 88 length 78 frame 14 getURL hxxp://moyapodruzhka. com/?wmid=44&sid=44′ ” end // of frame...
by Alex Eckelberry | Aug 21, 2008 | Uncategorized
We’ve seen the same trojan being sent to inboxes in all kinds of ways — and seemingly obsessively on the subject of Angelina Jolie. Minor shift, now they’re putting the fake codec window right in the spam. Pushes video.avi.exe, a fake alert...