Free computer virus finds willing victims

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Free computer virus finds willing victims Wed May 23, 9:56 AM ET

Computer specialist Didier Stevens put up a simple text advertisement on the Internet offering downloads of a computer virus for people who did not have any.

Surprisingly, he found as many as 409 people clicking on the ad saying "Is your PC virus-free? Get it infected here!" during a 6-month advertising campaign on Google's Adword, said the IT security expert.

"Some of them must have clicked on it by mistake. Some must have been curious or stupid," said Mikko Hypponen, head of research at data security firm F-Secure.

There was no virus involved, it was an experiment aiming to show these kind of advertising systems can be used for malicious intent, Stevens told Reuters.

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"Some of them must have clicked on it by mistake. Some must have been curious or stupid," said Mikko Hypponen, head of research at data security firm F-Secure.

i'd vote for the last one

[Nessa 23]

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People love to click.

DON'T CLICK HERE.

[MissStacey 1]

People love to click.

DON'T CLICK HERE.

I clicked it.

I had to.

[JaEnglishGirl 34]

People love to click.

DON'T CLICK HERE.

I moused over it and looked at the properties

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I would have clicked it out of curiosity. I'm not even running Windows so no biggie.

[MissStacey 1]

People love to click.

DON'T CLICK HERE.

I moused over it and looked at the properties

Nice!! I learned something new!

Edited May 25, 2007 by Stacey33