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Sunday, October 15, 2006

McDonalds gives MP3 players infected with spyware as prizes

And speaking of spyware: McDonalds had a contest in Japan and gave away 10,000 MP3 players as prizes. However, the players contained spyware such that once you connected the player to your PC, your PC became infected with the spyware. See Newlaunches.com article: McDonalds gives MP3 players infected with spyware as prizes.

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