Re: Why/how does Antivirus 2009 malware popup attach itself to certain links?

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From: Damian
Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:24

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Fix it wrote:
> "Doc" <docsavage20@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:6a82feef-8a3a-4042-bfd0-684ce1e56ad3@l39g2000yqn.googlegroups.com...
>> There's a website for a couple of famous jazz trumpeters, the late
>> Candoli brothers.
>>
>> http://www.candoli.com
>>
>>
>
> I clicked that link and my Kaspersky security suite blocked the URL
> with exactly the same warning it gives with the blockyell.com scam.
> It seems a number of established security vendors have listed
> the links you posted as very naughty in the same way as blockyell.
> But thats why you posted them isn't it, you're spreading malware.

Any _good_ firewall/anti-virus/anti-malware app will block it. The OP's 
probably using some "Free" crap like AVG.

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Subject: Re: Why/how does Antivirus 2009 malware popup attach itself to certain links?
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 13:24:23 -0800
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