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Following a tip from one of my fellow Security researchers ... winpornvids(dot)com

This is yet another Trojan.Codec site where clicking on a image the viewer is presented the bogus message "Windows Media Player is unable to play movie file." While this is nothing new, what I find interesting is here again we find the WinFixer gang (go.drivecleaner link) involved with known malicious sites that the only purpose is to generate revenue by infecting the viewer.

I blogged about this the other day about the connection between ValueClick and the WinFixer gang. Hey ValueClick is this the type activity you really want to be associated with?

I highlighted in red several of the actual links (already listed in my HOSTS file) that lead to the Trojan.Codec infection ... do not visit there! You can view safely here instead.

Published Saturday, April 21, 2007 11:36 PM by winhelp2002
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# The ongoing winfixer saga

Sunday, April 22, 2007 4:36 AM by Spyware Sucks

So, what do we do about an advertising network like ValueClick that will not clean up its act? A network