A good reason to avoid MySpace

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 7:17 am

You're probably safer browsing a porn site...

Google Safe Browsing Diagnostic page for myspace.com:

http://google.com/safebrowsing/diagnost ... yspace.com

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 8:32 am

Interesting to say the least. I wonder though what does the "Has this site hosted malware?

No, this site has not hosted malicious software over the past 90 days." really mean. I am sort of addicted to Mafia Wars, other than that I do not use the site too much.

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:26 am

What that means is that Myspace.com itself isn't hosting any malware on their servers. Just like NYTimes.com a month ago, the malware is coming through affiliate advertising ads/links.

Malicious software is hosted on 36 domain(s), including mspwiz.com/, ake.kz/, sockslab.net/.

25 domain(s) appear to be functioning as intermediaries for distributing malware to visitors of this site, including imandd.com/, mspwiz.com/, bidresponse.com/.

normalicy · Post by **normalicy** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:34 am

Heck, I barely use it anyhow.

b-man1 · Post by **b-man1** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 7:26 pm

What happened when Google visited this site?

Of the 24751 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 58 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2009-10-15, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2009-10-15.
Malicious software includes 73 scripting exploit(s), 6 trojan(s), 4 worm(s).

Malicious software is hosted on 37 domain(s), including mspwiz.com/, ake.kz/, sockslab.net/.

25 domain(s) appear to be functioning as intermediaries for distributing malware to visitors of this site, including imandd.com/, mspwiz.com/, bidresponse.com/.

Justlookin · Post by **Justlookin** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 5:13 am

FlyingPenguin wrote:What that means is that Myspace.com itself isn't hosting any malware on their servers. Just like NYTimes.com a month ago, the malware is coming through affiliate advertising ads/links.

I agree FP. I signed up for some news services here in Alaska, mainly for fishing reports and got nailed by one site, with its affiliates malware. It's a trusted site, but it's affiliates don't always honor the trusted part of it. Anyone is vulnerable to any site they click on basically.