Adware Uses IE Flaw
from the wonderful dept
While most adware companies have used sneaky, but legitimate, ways to get their products onto your computer, someone has now discovered one that is apparently exploiting a flaw in IE to install itself and (as most of these things do) cause all sorts of trouble. Microsoft claims that the company that has done so has broken the law, and they plan to go after them. While the typical response is that this is yet another reason to avoid IE, most people still remain stuck to the program.
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stuck to IE
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Love the sneak spyware that comes with Netscape
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I also find it amusing that this is an "extremely critical" flaw...because "critical" just doesn't cut it these days
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