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MySpace, Excite, and Blick Serve Up Malicious Banner Ads

Here�s another case to illustrate the importance of installing security updates, installing them in a timely manner, and installing not just OS updates, but those for third-party software applications as well.

Taking advantage of system vulnerabilities � most often the result of missing, or uninstalled, patches � malware authors are continually taking advantage of websites that have significantly high traffic (and this everyone knows) to target unsuspecting users.

Social networking site MySpace is reportedly said to be laced with banner ads that install malicious programs and files. Trend Micro detects some of these files as employing encryption similar to known variants of RBot, SDBot, and SPYBot malware. This would not be the first time that MySpace has been compromised. In November last year, TrendLabs analysts found pages of the social networking site embedded with codes that redirect users to malicious sites. MySpace, Excite, and Blick Serve Up Malicious Banner Ads | TrendLabs | Malware Blog - by Trend Micro