Monday, July 14, 2008
The Seattle Post has announced that its Post-Intelligencer website was recently compromised by a computer virus which spread via online advertisements.
Network security teams noticed the breach after numerous visitors were alerted that viewing certain pages on the site may expose them to the virus by Google web filtering software.
Responding to the threat, the paper removed all ads from its site in order to protect readers.
The advertisements were later put up when the virus had been isolated and removed.
In a recent article, the publication noted that the problem arose after its advertisement hosting site was compromised by an Asprox SQL injection attack.
"Although the virus is not believed to be malicious, users who accessed the website Sunday morning should run anti-virus programs to remove any potential threat," it advised.
In other developments, 9News.com alerted residents and businesses in Boulder, Colorado to a spam email message urging people to sell discounted electronic goods from China.
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