ISC - People will click on Anything
Posted
Thursday, May 17, 2007 2:15 AM
by
hwaldron
This security test was interesting 
Roughly 1 out of 1,000 individuals clicked on this ad which even had text stating "you could get a virus infection by visiting there" 
Being selective and careful will reduce the risk of coming in contact with adware, spyware, and viruses, as "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" 
ISC - People will click on Anything
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=2811
QUOTE: Didier Stevens documented an interesting experiment, in which he purchased a Google ad that encouraged people to click on the ad to be infected. Didier was curious to see how many people would actually click. More than you might think.
It turns out, the "ad was displayed 259,723 times and clicked on 409 times. That’s a click-through-rate of 0.16%." Not bad at all, considering that the campaign cost around $23.
The ad said:
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Drive-By Download
Is your PC virus-free?
Get it infected here!
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