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www.hipshoe.com Hijacked - Distributing Possible WMF Exploit

by Marianna Schmudlach Jan 12, 2006 2:38PM PST

bill_bright writes "www.HipShoe.com has been hijacked. It is a Sponsored Link of Google Search. It was discovered on the results page of Google Search, after entering the word, slippers.

It appears the correct page will load, but after a few seconds, AVG alerts to a virus, and a script file attempts to download, install, and run. The virus appears to be a .wmf exploit.

More: http://castlecops.com/a6459-www_hipshoe_com_Hijacked_Distributing_Possible_WMF_Exploit_File.html

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