'Lust, Caution' spawns viruses

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Several hundred sites offering free downloads of Ang Lee's steamy spy thriller are embedded with viruses, Chinese security company says.

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Well slap mah fro
by solrosenberg November 19, 2007 3:42 PM PST: Downloading crap from dodgy web sites can give you a virus. Gee, ya think? These security companies using pop culture to get some press coverage are lame.; Like this Reply to this comment

Many questions left unanswered
by ejevo November 20, 2007 1:03 PM PST: Who is at risk here? Is it English language users or Chinese language users? If these are Chinese language web sites, then what do we care about this story?<br /><br />I've got a real suspicion that the MPAA is behind this. It's just too odd.; Like this Reply to this comment

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