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Infected From a MySpace Page? [Tech Rest]

Can you get a virus or other malware from just viewing a webpage? Absolutely. Not too long ago people got infected from viewing a MySpace page. A similar incident happened when people visited John’s Hardware.

Was the problem the sites? Not exactly. You see the problem was with infected, 3rd-party ads that were on the pages.

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23 August 2007 | AdBlock, Craig Huggart, Firefox, Security, Software, Web/Tech | No Comments