Friday, May 09, 2008 10:05 AM
sandi
Malvertizements on mininova.org
Several comments have been posted to my blog recently about a malvertizement problem at mininova.org:
http://msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/archive/2008/03/23/1550824.aspx#1601871
http://msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/archive/2008/03/23/1550824.aspx#1602159
http://msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/archive/2008/03/23/1550824.aspx#1614547
Anyway, I went looking and found a thread that claimed the malvertizements had been identified and removed on 5 May so I didn't take things any further (a decision which may have been a mistake)
http://forum.mininova.org/index.php?showtopic=235009007
Kimberley has now identified a malvertizement on mininova.org, again hosted by Akamai:
http://www.bluetack.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=18064&st=60&gopid=87201&
The domains being used by the malvertizers are:
adoptserver.info
iexplorer-security.org
mystats.com
fastwebway.com
xponlinescanner.com
The malvertizement has been reported to Akamai.
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