Sunday, 18 November 2007

In Passing

Entries for your HOSTS file

...and (yet another) reason to uninstall Flash.

The sites (also see UPDATE below):

newbieadguide.com
fixthemnow.com
bsa.safetydownload.com

Wired story: Hackers Use Banner Ads on Major Sites to Hijack Your PC
The malware looks like a ordinary Flash file, with its redirect function encrypted, so that when publishers upload it, the malware is not detectable. Once deployed on a site, the Flash file launches the malicious redirects, which appear to be triggered at preset times or at selected Web domains.

Ban list via: Steven Den Beste

UPDATE 071119 16:08: Large list of sites hosting this malware (prepared by Doubleclick?), from a Slashdot comment.

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