Excellent illustration of how spyware gets on a machine

As a public service, after reading this article, download the referenced video made by Ben Edelman. If you can't get through to someone any other way to pay attention to their surfing, show them the video. If that doesn't get through to them, they're officially brain-dead.


[sub]Jeff
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[sleipnir214]

Did I miss the article?

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[BadBigBen]

What article and what video??????

if you are gonna talk about something not on this Forum, I would suggest you point it out by linking or another such form...

Ben

"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."

 

[sleipnir214]

if you are gonna talk about something not on this Forum

Great -- now I'm missing two things. First, MasterRacker's links. Second, the reason why a post titled "Excellent illustration of how spyware gets on a machine" would be off-topic a forum named "Virus/spyware discussion".

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[Happo]

What!!???

Where is my excellent illustration?

Daniel.

 

[MasterRacker]

Sorry folks. That's what I get when my multi-tasking doesn't include "proofreading". Here's the link:

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1859108,00.asp

[sub]Jeff
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[MasterRacker]

OK, I tested my link and eWeek has some stupid banner page coming up now. Here's a direct link to the video as well:

http://www.benedelman.org/spyware/images/exploit-031205-crop.wmv

[sub]Jeff
[purple]It's never too early to begin preparing for [/purple]International Talk Like a Pirate Day

"The software I buy sucks, The software I write sucks. It's time to give up and have a beer..." - Me[/sub]

 

[smah]

Just watching that is painful.

 

[BadBigBen]

Hola, thanks for clearing that mishap up....

Now the whole post makes sense... very interesting indeed...

@Sleipnir214 -

Great -- now I'm missing two things. First, MasterRacker's links. Second, the reason why a post titled "Excellent illustration of how spyware gets on a machine" would be off-topic a forum named "Virus/spyware discussion".

No never said that it is Off-Topic... just that it was missing the general links to where the information is kept (ergo not Tek-Tips)...

PS: I apologize for sounding so Harsh and Rudely, didn't mean it that way...



Ben

"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."

 

[sggaunt]

The link to the article doesnt work at all for me, but the video is frightening, I would have 'pulled the plug' long before it got as bad as it did.
Also a little brown and yellow icon in the bottom right corner with ZA on it might have helped in this situation.


Steve: Delphi a feersum engin indeed.