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Free computer virus finds willing victims

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Computer specialist Didier Stevens put up a simple text advertisement on the Internet offering downloads of a computer virus for people who did not have any.

Surprisingly, he found as many as 409 people clicking on the ad saying "Is your PC virus-free? Get it infected here!" during a 6-month advertising campaign on Google's Adword, said the IT security expert.

"Some of them must have clicked on it by mistake. Some must have been curious or stupid," said Mikko Hypponen, head of research at data security firm F-Secure.

There was no virus involved, it was an experiment aiming to show these kind of advertising systems can be used for malicious intent, Stevens told Reuters.
Free computer virus finds willing victims - Yahoo! News


I wonder how many of the clicks were employees borrowing the bosses' PC while he was out of the office...

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Fourstarball

By publishing that story they have just given anyone who wants to spread a virus another idea.

I'm torn between thinking people that stupid deserve it and feeling sorry for them should they ever get an infected computer.

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I am actually surprised the click count is not higher.

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im sure it was. They probably just took those numbers from 1 state. People in America are so stupid sometimes.

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