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| by Stephen Withers | |
| Wednesday, 14 November 2007 | |
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Websense officials say the bogus installer is called install_flash_player.exe and downloads from the URL www5.youtube.com.site670221.X.X/watch/v/install_flash_player.exe (the domain name has been masked to protect the unwary from visiting it). "The site is hosted on a server that has hosted more than one hundred phishing sites over the last four months," a Websense spokesperson said. "This server is managed by the infamous 'Rock Phish' group, which is the largest phishing gang on the Internet and which is responsible for the majority of Phishing URLs." |
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