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Avast sez JPEG Exploit in forum ad?

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25-Jan-2009, 01:17 PM #1
Avast sez JPEG Exploit in forum ad?
So the only site open in my browser is this one and bingo, Avast says there's a malware cookie and blocks Firefox from picking it up. Had to be one of the ads. So I've put doubleclick.net in my hosts file. No more ads.

Edit: Sent the file to Virustotal.com and someone else had already submitted it today. Only two hits out of the 38 engines used by Virustotal said it was malware, Avast & Gdata. So may be paranoia on Avast's part.

Oh well. Better off with no dubblecluck ads.

Last edited by mrss; 25-Jan-2009 at 03:34 PM..
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