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Old 11-05-2008, 12:26 AM
Michael Michael is offline
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Default Bad practices, left right and center expose MyWebSearch and Ask.com

What seems to be a spam comment on a YouTube video*takes me to some places I didn't want to go.*



I followed the link above and landed on a site that asks me to install a toolbar (in order to view a video featuring Miley Cyrus... or so it says...)



Which takes me to a very artistic page (to say the least).



Once the install is done, I can't help but notice the checkbox to install the Search Assistant from Ask.com



Here is the toolbar, and another brightly coloured website.



*That toolbar is detected by many AV vendors as Adware.

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Oh, and the original YouTube account that sent me the link so graciously has been suspended. Go figure...



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Jerome

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