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Update: New attack hitting Web users through major sites







Update: New attack hitting Web users
through major sites

Update: New attack hitting Web users
through major sites
06/25/2004 07:05 AM

Internet users visiting some of the most popular sites on the Web may unwittingly be downloading malicious code that compromises their computers and sets up a relay network for a future onslaught of spam, a security services company warned Thursday.




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