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Topic: I may be paranoid, but why does a coupon require an EXE?  (Read 1382 times)
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« on: December 02, 2003, 19:01:16 »
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I saw an ad for a certain product on television (it remains nameless since I'm not interested in giving them free advertising). Their ad directed me to a website offering a dollar off coupon for their product. I use it, so I figured what the heck, I'll get the coupon.

The link for the coupon sent me to a website run by brightstreet.com where they asked a half dozen questions about other products I use. Still ok. I don't  really care too much about that since I could easily lie if I was off the deep end paranoid.

The next page gives me a link that required me to authorize the download/install of a a java applet before the coupon would print. Shocked

WHOA! Java to print a coupon? I downloaded the JAR file, renamed it to ZIP and opened it with Winzip. Inside the JAR was an install.js file, a DLL file, and a few other goodies.

I posted the file to my website here. Could someone wise in the ways of analyzing binaries and/or java see if there is anything to be concerned about? I've lost interest in the coupon regardless, but my curiosity compels me to ask.
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« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2003, 13:13:34 »
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Yes it is Spyware!   never click a .EXE file you are not sure of.   Here is some info on Brightstreet  http://www.microsoft.com/resources/casestudies/casestudy.asp?CaseStudyID=10615
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