'Lust, Caution' spawns viruses

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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[solrosenberg]

Well slap mah fro

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.

[ejevo]

Many questions left unanswered

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?

I've got a real suspicion that the MPAA is behind this. It's just too odd.