Russians Use Affiliate Model To Spread Spyware, Adware
iframeDOLLARS says it pays $61 per thousand unique installs, or 6.1 cents per compromised machine, to any site that signs up as an affiliate. The Russian firm boasts that its exploit works "without any ActiveX console or any pop-upsIt means that you will not lose your unique visitors." Nor, apparently, give away the fact that the code is dropping malware onto machines whenever a vulnerable user simply visits an affiliate site.
According to the Internet Storm Center, organizations can prevent the downloading of adware and spyware from iframesDOLLARS' servers by blocking the IP address 81.222.131.59.
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