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Banner Ad Unleashes Adware on MySpace

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According to iDefense, a computer security group, more than one million users of MySpace.com and other Web sites may have been infected with adware spread by a banner advertisement for a site called deckoutyourdeck.com. The banner appeared in user profiles on MySpace and exploits a problem in the way Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser handles Windows Metafile (WMF) image files. MySpace has been targeted by hackers because of its popularity, but site officials contacted in London had no immediate comment.

Learn more about this threat in the article Ad Dishes Up Adware to More Than a Million PCs.

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