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Seeing ads on Wikipedia? You may have malware

15
May
2012

Wikipedia has issued a warning to its many millions of daily visitors that if they are seeing commercial adverts on its webpages, that it may be an indication of a malware infection on the user’s computer.Criminals aren’t shy of earning affiliate cash by injecting unwanted adverts into webpages or redirecting users to sites or search […]

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WikiPharmacy? Fake Notifications Spammed Out

26
Apr
2012

Symantec is intercepting a resurgence of spam attacks on popular brands. Spam messages that are replicas of the Wikipedia email address confirmation alert are the new vector for the present. The said spam messages pretend to be originating from Wikipedia, and are selling meds, with the following subject line: “Subject: Wikipedia e-mail address confirmation”. The spoofed Wikipedia […]

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