Windows Users Infected with MySpace Banner Ad Spyware

iDefense has reported that millions of Windows user and visitors to popular social networking site MySpace.com has been infected with a banner ad spyware.

A banner for DeckOutYourDeck.com loads a Trojan horse program onto unpatched systems. The installed spyware tracks the user’s Internet usage and causes the infected system to be plagued with pop-up ads.

The spyware infects unpatched versions of Windows using a security flaw in the way the operating system and Microsoft Internet Explorer open Windows Metafile images.

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