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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Don't open that site! No

From: Steve Woodford <steve@...>
Date: 2009-09-29

On Tuesday 29 September 2009 17:08:05 AlienRelics wrote:
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Jesse Smith <stoi2m1@...> wrote:
> > http://www.3ab∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗awvsY4.html
>
> One spammer slipped through, or he's naive, or his computer has been
> taken over by a 'bot.
>
> Google gave an advisory warning, and that complicated URL just goes
> to some site advertising viagra.

It does more than that. After displaying the image it will attempt to
exploit vulnerabilities in older versions of browser plugins for Adobe
Acrobat Reader and Flash, most likely to install malware on your
computer.

Steve