Looks like another bad day for 180 Solutions.
After Mike Burgess highlighted a new install doing the rounds, some of us in the security community have been playing with it and the results are pretty shocking, in an “oh no not again” kind of way.
Andrew Clover has a rather interesting runthrough here, and you can read my thoughts on the app below. It once again goes to show the hopelessness of trying to maintain affiliate networks where software installs are concerned, and (sadly) will come as no great surprise that someone is gaming the Adware system. For the billionth time. Vitalsecurity.org - A Revolution is the Solution
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