Hundreds Click on 'Click Here to Get Infected' Ad

muckshifter

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Sad as it sounds, people are just plan fools for their own good ...

People will click on anything.


That was evidenced by the 409 people who clicked on an ad that offers infection for those with virus-free PCs. The ad, run by a person who identifies himself as security professional Didier Stevens, reads like this:

Drive-By Download
Is your PC virus-free?
Get it infected here!
drive-by-download.info Stevens, who says he works for Contraste Europe, a branch of the IT consultancy The Contraste Group, has been running his Google Adwords campaign for six months now and has received 409 hits. Stevens has done similar research in the past, such as finding out how easy it is to land on a drive-by download site when doing a Google search.
... oh boy.

Full article Here

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Abarbarian

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He'd make a fortune selling that on e-bay
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