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March 06, 2008

Google Links, Britney, and Paris Used in Spam Botnets

SC Magazine reports that emails offering allegedly sexually explicit videos of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton are using Google search results link to evade URL based spam filters.

Instead of embedding a typical URL link, security vendor BitDefender today said the e-mails use Google search result links such as 'www.google.com/pagead/iclk? sa=l&ai=trailhead&num=69803&adurl=http://.......com,' in an attempt to evade url-based spam filters.

The links allegedly point to a malicious file that infects the system if executed and coops the system for use in a large spam botnet.

[Britney, Paris used as hook in new spam botnet]

Posted in Tech News by #!/usr/bin/geek at 2008-03-06 00:52 ET (GMT-5)

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