CNET Injecting Malware into Downloads

When my mother forwards me the latest malware scare chain letter she got frm her friends, I tell her to picture her computer as a plane flying at Mach 4, high above in the stratosphere, confident almost nothing launched from the ground can harm her.

That's because she doesn't use Windows.

Re: CNET Injecting Malware into Downloads

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Post by easy_rider » Wed, Dec 07, 2011, 9:12 AM UTC

CNET was the top choice for me back 10-12 years ago whenever i wanted to download a utility / piece of freeware/shareware.

Of course when their market share went down... they had to change their business-model...This is just the next step after bloating their pages with ads.

I'm guessing that not the same people are in charge as those who were in their glory days:_)

Re: CNET Injecting Malware into Downloads

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Post by karolist » Wed, Dec 07, 2011, 9:29 AM UTC

rbanffy wrote: post #6

When my mother forwards me the latest malware scare chain letter she got frm her friends, I tell her to picture her computer as a plane flying at Mach 4, high above in the stratosphere, confident almost nothing launched from the ground can harm her. That's because she doesn't use Windows.

But this is ignorant and not true.

Re: CNET Injecting Malware into Downloads

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Post by Brajeshwar » Wed, Dec 07, 2011, 9:31 AM UTC

rbanffy wrote: post #6

When my mother forwards me the latest malware scare chain letter she got frm her friends, I tell her to picture her computer as a plane flying at Mach 4, high above in the stratosphere, confident almost nothing launched from the ground can harm her. That's because she doesn't use Windows.

That's a nice one.

Re: CNET Injecting Malware into Downloads

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Post by chalst » Wed, Dec 07, 2011, 9:34 AM UTC

DanBC wrote: post #5

Previous post was mentioned on HN ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3317121 )

There was also a report in late August, when I think CNET started the practice: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2910554

The list of news reports on seclist.org's page justifies the new story. I guess that this will get mainstream coverage soon.