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  1. November 16th, 2007, 01:44 PM #1
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    Rogue banner ads

    See this video to see what the bad guys are doing with banner ads now:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lBUQqufZWc
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  2. November 16th, 2007, 05:13 PM #2
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    Yea ran into something similar the other day on the laptop.I kept getting a virus warning and a box asking me to select to download and run software a very odd situation given the blocking applications I use.
    I ended up getting rid of some spurious stuff with Spybot Search and Destroy and all was well.
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  3. November 16th, 2007, 07:48 PM #3
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    Scary and irratating.

    Just added the following to my HOSTS file:
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    127.0.0.1  newbieadguide.com
127.0.0.1  fixthemnow.com
127.0.0.1  bsa.safetydownload.com
    Doc - Citizen Lab's "Security Planner" (Bruce Schneier advisor) - Motherboard's comprehensive "Guide to Not Getting Hacked" - EFF's "Surveillance Self-Defense" - Bleeping Computer - Security News

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  4. November 18th, 2007, 03:36 AM #4
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    Yup, MalwareAlarm hit the local White Pages site last week as well.

    There's no such thing as "known" or "safe" sites, file types or email senders any more. You need to stay patched and be careful of everything.
    Safe computing is a habit, not a toolkit.
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  6. November 18th, 2007, 11:58 AM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by SpywareDr
    Just added the following to my HOSTS file:
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    127.0.0.1  newbieadguide.com
127.0.0.1  fixthemnow.com
127.0.0.1  bsa.safetydownload.com
    Ditto.
    Last edited by Syzich; November 18th, 2007 at 12:56 PM.
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  7. November 18th, 2007, 05:23 PM #6
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    Well, if you want to approach it like that, the White Pages version used:
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    mysurvey4u.com
blessedads.com
prevedmarketing.com
scanner2.malware-scan.com
    I suspect you'll find a new set of URLs on a pretty regular basis.
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  8. November 19th, 2007, 03:57 PM #7
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    All of these undesireable sites' URLs are in the HOSTS file provided by Mike Burgess
    http://www.mvps.org:80/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
    The first three URL's (in SpywareDr's post) were just added in today's HOSTS file from Mike. The latter four (in Tuttle's post) had been in previous versions.
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  9. November 20th, 2007, 05:05 AM #8
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    Thanks for the update Jim.
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