...or should that be Smileys?
Check out the below site:
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Looks nice and innocent, right? Mr Smiley of Smiley Central looking all happy and, er, smiley on a website that basically fires you off to various top 100 lists and other "get this now" kinds of places.
Sadly, this website has something nasty lurking in the background - because if you know where to look, the startled expression on Mr Smiley's face is given a whole new meaning. Enter the URL for the super-secret hidden Executable (instead of randomly clicking any of the links displayed onscreen), and...:
Is this an executable I see before me? Looks like it! Run the thing, and before you know it, your desktop is covered with all manner of popups and icons and who-knows-what else:
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The startled look on Mr Smiley's visage is looking more and more like a horrified grimace, isn't it?
Interestingly, the payload is incredibly similar to the one covered here, minus the Zango installer (though a call is made to Zangocash.com).
Once again, we see friendly smileys subverted and used for the purpose of evil, instead of good.
Whoops.
