Monthly Archives: May 2007

Affiliate Spam: Websites of Winona State University, The College of New Jersey Exploited

We are reporting several new academic websites that are exploited for affiliate spam. Some of these .edu websites are those of American colleges and universities. Other websites belong to online colleges.

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Affilate Spam: Rockwood School District Website Exploited

Here is another affiliate spam exploitation of an innocent school district website. A new victim is the website of Rockwood School District (rockwood.k12.mo.us).

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Affiliate Spam: UCSB Department Geography Discussion Board Exploited

It is true that affiliate spam exploitations against the websites of American colleges and universities have decreased substantially in the past few weeks. But their websites are still targeted by the notorious affiliate spam group.

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Affiliate Spam: Apple’s iDisk Exploited for Affiliate Spam Again

Compared with Yahoo’s free website service Geocities, the affiliate spam exploitation at Apple’s iDisk is not a major problem. That’s true. But one common factor among Yahoo’s Geociites, Google-owned Blogger and Apple’s iDisk is what? They offer free accounts. iDisk … Continue reading

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Affiliate Spam: Charter College Student Support Committee Website Exploited

Charter College… We know nothing about this school. We have no idea as to if it’s an online college or a vocational school. All we know is that their website has been exploited for affiliate spam.

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