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Santa Web Site Hacked and may download malicious software

This recent hacking incident illustrates the need to be fully protected and up-to-date while surfing the Internet.  Kids or Parents might land on this type of site which doing a general Internet search.

Santa Web Site Hacked and may download spyware
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9006639

QUOTE: It turned out that Santa's Web site had been hacked. On Friday, the Web site was still downloading malicious software, according to Roger Thompson, chief technology officer with Exploit Prevention Labs Inc. It exploits a bug in Internet Explorer that Microsoft Corp. patched last August, meaning that people running older versions of the browser could be at risk, Thompson said via instant message."The site is hacked," he said. "If you are not patched, it uses an exploit to silently install a huge amount of adware and spyware."

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