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The Dude
08-26-09, 04:33 AM
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/24/mass_web_infection

Malicious hackers have managed to infect about 57,000 web pages with a potent exploit cocktail that targets a variety of vulnerable applications to surreptitiously install malware on visitor machines.

The exploits install an assortment of nasty software, including Gologger, a keystroke logging trojan, and a backdoor that attempts to connect to a website hosted in China [more]One reason why its ALWAYS SAFER to have scripts disabled!!