Malware-Scan.Com, DotTunes.Net’s Flash Ad and Computer Virus

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TOKYO (MacHouse) – We first reported the danger of dottunes.net‘s orange Flash ad brought by AdECN several days ago. A situation involving this Flash ad and malware-scan.com has changed dramatically. We now strongly advise that you avoid any website displaying this Flash ad because none of the ad companies involved with this Flash ad has done anything decisive to eliminate imminent danger.






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More Evidence for Dot.Tunes Flash Banner As Source of Ill Redirection to Malware-Scan.Com

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TOKYO (MacHouse) – A few days ago, we reported an issue with Dot.Tunes‘ orange Flash ad, which we suspected of being responsible for the redirection of our visitors to Malware-Scan.Com‘s deceitful website. We were obliged to run the suspicious Flash ad so that our ad company Canep Media and others possibly including AdECN could investigate our claim. Again, if you were consistently redirected to Malware-Scan.Com’s spam site in the past, please accept our apology.






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Mac Game Review: Sunset Studio Deluxe

Sunset Studio Deluxe

When I get bored, I tend to kill time by playing games these days. I mean to quit playing games, but… Oh, well… This time, I played Sunset Studio Deluxe. We wrote a review on “Little Shop of Treasures 2” at the end of last November. And Sunset Studio Deluxe is pretty much similar to this game. It’s a downloadable game published by GameHouse, a a division of RealNetworks, Inc and is available for both Mac and PC users. Continue reading →

Flash-Based Ad and Involuntary Redirection to Malware-Scan.com

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TOKYO (MacHouse) – Depending on your geographical location and web browser you use, you may have been involuntarily redirected to malware-scan.com’s website upon arrival at our domains (mhvt.net and mhouse-j.com). If you have this experience at our websites, please accept our sincere apology.

malware-scan.com is run by a criminal organization. They have a subdirectory titled 5_swp under the subdomain of scanner2. They are affiliated with those criminal organizations embedding redirection codes into 3rd-party Flash ads.






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Warning: Phishing Mail Targeted at PayPal Users

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TOKYO (MacHouse) – We have acquired an e-mail message with a malicious content that is targeted at PayPal users. Just as always, the message starts without greetings and urges the recipient to update their account. It goes

“It has come to our attention that your paypal account informations needs to be updated as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and to reduce the instance of fraud on our website.”






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