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UK Gov-backed start-up website directs users to malware

article published on 30 March, 2011

UK Government-backed website pushed by Prime Minister David Cameron found to link users to malware. StartUp Britain was found to be linking to a page that served fake anti-virus scareware garbage to users. The website, designed to champions the UK's start-up businesses, only launched on Monday. The operators of the website removed the link when they were informed. "There were some ... [ read the full article ]

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Zealousi

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31. March 2011 @ 08:04

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haha stupid brits when will they ever learn and don't they have the entire county logged to a field of servers that log everyone's activity for up to 5 years for terrorism purposes, i am sure they could find out who did it with that in the backbone of their internet.

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bogwart16

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1. April 2011 @ 17:00

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Originally posted by Zealousi:
haha stupid brits when will they ever learn and don't they have the entire county logged to a field of servers that log everyone's activity for up to 5 years for terrorism purposes, i am sure they could find out who did it with that in the backbone of their internet.

Learn some manners. And some facts. We can do without Tea Party "politics" on this site.

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aldan

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2. April 2011 @ 14:05

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Originally posted by bogwart16:

Originally posted by Zealousi:
haha stupid brits when will they ever learn and don't they have the entire county logged to a field of servers that log everyone's activity for up to 5 years for terrorism purposes, i am sure they could find out who did it with that in the backbone of their internet.
Learn some manners. And some facts. We can do without Tea Party "politics" on this site.

my sentiments exactly.grab a brain.

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xboxdvl2

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3. April 2011 @ 03:18

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90% of websites have links to spyware.every website seems to be advertising russain girls or links to facebook 18+girls.websites dont check there links they get paid to ad a link to page.they receive there money and dont care what the link is.

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bogwart16

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3. April 2011 @ 06:06

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Originally posted by xboxdvl2:
90% of websites have links to spyware.every website seems to be advertising russain girls or links to facebook 18+girls.websites dont check there links they get paid to ad a link to page.they receive there money and dont care what the link is.

That's not my experience. Certainly 90% of websites use tracking cookies, and while that's a PITA it doesn't involve malware.

The last major outbreak was due to these idiots exploiting an error in the way ads were served in CSS and got a load of people using the Pirate Bay as well as perfectly inocuous sites. TPB were very sloppy in the way they dealt with this, but other sites responded more quickly.

I think if people click through to these "Russian Girls" sites they deserve everything they get anyway. It's been a long time since there was a free ride on the interwebs.

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ps355528

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3. April 2011 @ 16:50

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wanna see the UK last weekend? ..

don't see that in the USofA do you? .. people standing up for something they believe in.. and taking it back to the bastard tories and their scum banker billionaire owners.

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s_c47

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6. April 2011 @ 03:53

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Originally posted by ps355528:
wanna see the UK last weekend? ..

don't see that in the USofA do you? .. people standing up for something they believe in.. and taking it back to the bastard tories and their scum banker billionaire owners.

Sigh! Don't remind me. People here are too afraid to even do NON violent protests.

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But it must not be true for jerk-offs like you.
Maybe it takes longer to catch a total asshole.

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