Adware on MySpace...Nah, Really??? :)
November 2006
Adware may be lurking in video on MySpace.
Several MySpace pages offer what appear to be YouTube videos that trigger installation of adware when played, Websense Security Labs has warned. The explicit videos can be found on a number of user pages on the MySpace social networking Website, Websense said Monday, November 6. They look like You Tube video, but are in fact hosted on a copycat "Yootube.info" Website, Websense said. That Website was still online as of Tuesday evening.
"When users click on the video, they are directed to a copy of the video," Websense said. People are then redirected to the Windows Media Player, which will pop up a license agreement with installation of an adware program called Zango Cash, it said. "Assuming that users have accepted the agreement, the video downloads and attempts to install setup.exe from Zango Cash," Websense said.
Source: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/cnet/2006−11−08−adware −myspace_x.htm
Adware may be lurking in video on MySpace.
Several MySpace pages offer what appear to be YouTube videos that trigger installation of adware when played, Websense Security Labs has warned. The explicit videos can be found on a number of user pages on the MySpace social networking Website, Websense said Monday, November 6. They look like You Tube video, but are in fact hosted on a copycat "Yootube.info" Website, Websense said. That Website was still online as of Tuesday evening.
"When users click on the video, they are directed to a copy of the video," Websense said. People are then redirected to the Windows Media Player, which will pop up a license agreement with installation of an adware program called Zango Cash, it said. "Assuming that users have accepted the agreement, the video downloads and attempts to install setup.exe from Zango Cash," Websense said.
Source: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/cnet/2006−11−08−adware −myspace_x.htm
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