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Old February 25th, 2006, 10:06 AM
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In a recently published paper, researchers at the University of Washington said that some Web wards are significantly more likely to host spyware and launch "drive-by downloads," the term for the hacker practice of using browser or Windows vulnerabilities to silently install software.

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Just a reminder.
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Old February 27th, 2006, 04:25 PM
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You're welcome pojispear.
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One of the best, concise summaries of an on-going problem. I've passed it on to several "average" users who were taken quite by surprise at the statistics.

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Very informative link Ronjor.

From getting a friend to read it, finally got them to accept the risks they have been taking for a long time -on the same pc they are running a home business from!

Happy to report they are rethinking browsing habits at last

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