From Techdirt: The latest attack being used in the never-ending saga of spam is using Flash advertisements (sometimes even legit ads) to hijack your clipboard program to repeatedly post spam ad links to fake security software.
If you don't typically cut and paste links onto your clipboard in preparation for sending them on to someone else, this latest trick should be pretty apparent to you. However, if using the clipboard is part of your daily routine, you may want to start paying closer attention to what ends up on your clipboard.
This is a well thought-out technique, and it's yet another reason for me to wag my finger at you if you aren't using Firefox with either the FlashBlock or NoScript extension installed.
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