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Web Wednesday – Welcome to Netvibes

December 5th, 2006 by Audrey Williams

http://www.contentmatters.info/content_matters/images/netvibes_logo.gifThe November Web Wednesday notes have been posted to the Technology Tuesday site. This month’s topic was Welcome to Netvibes
We explored this new world of web based “desktops that are known as “webtops”. Setting up a Netvibes account is fast and easy and allows a user to collect a variety of information sources into one convenient location.

EDITED 1/23/08 – New Tech Tuesday/Web Wednesday Archive blog

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MySpace – malicious software exploit via Quicktime

December 5th, 2006 by Audrey Williams

We know some folks use Facebook here at Pellissippi and it is probably safe to assume that MySpace is also something in use. So, consider this an FYI for security awareness within MySpace

MySpace worm uses QuickTime for exploit

From the site:

Additionally, the worm places an embedded QuickTime movie on the user’s profile, which will then repeat the infection process for anyone who visits the profile.

The worm has another malicious function. Once a profile is infected, the worm sends spam to other people in the user’s contact list.

Those spam messages contain a file that appears to be a movie but instead is a link to a … site that also hosts adware from Zango Inc

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