TinyURL (Was: 8.04?)

[Dotan Cohen]

On 10/04/2008, Patton Echols <p.echols at comcast.net> wrote:
> On 04/05/2008 10:54 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
>  > On 05/04/2008, Bob McConnell <rmcconne at lightlink.com> wrote:
>  >
> > The link was to firefox . on . nimp . org (don't try that at home,
>  > kids). If your host file directs nimp . org to localhost, then you are
>  > fine.
>
> I know this thread may be dead, but what is that site that is such a
>  problem?

It is a malware site. It also exploits several browser vulnerabilities
(all browsers) and a few OS vulnerabilities (Windows only).

Dotan Cohen

http://what-is-what.com
http://gibberish.co.il
א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?