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The drive by download experiment
drive-by-download.info is an intersting social experiment. A security researcher took out an ad - which stated: 'Is your PC virus-free? Get it infected here!'. The ad was displayed 259,723 times and 409 people clicked on the link. The idea is to show how people will click on anything, as this a version of a standard trick used by hackers. Unfortunately,Google has since disapproved and removed the ad, stating that it violates AdWords editorial guidelines.
May 21, 2007 | Permalink
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