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12-08-2008, 04:32 PM
Empornium.us users were being exposed to Trojans and exploits, Google said
Users trying Monday to access Empornium.us (http://www.empornium.us/), considered the world's largest adult BitTorrent tracker, instead were met with a page warning surfers that visiting the site could be harmful to their computer.
According to TorrentFreak.com (http://torrentfreak.com/google-blocks-worlds-largest-porn-torrent-tracker-081207/), users of the site were being exposed to four Trojan horses and three exploits from malware apparently from outside sources.
Firefox3 users also were blocked from the site, with a page reading "Reported Attack Site!"
Torrent Freak reports Empornium.us is considered the world's largest adult-material tracker, and at one point had more than 1 million members, making it one of the world's biggest tracker of any material.
http://www.avn.com/internet/articles/33659.html (http://www.avn.com/internet/articles/33659.html)
Users trying Monday to access Empornium.us (http://www.empornium.us/), considered the world's largest adult BitTorrent tracker, instead were met with a page warning surfers that visiting the site could be harmful to their computer.
According to TorrentFreak.com (http://torrentfreak.com/google-blocks-worlds-largest-porn-torrent-tracker-081207/), users of the site were being exposed to four Trojan horses and three exploits from malware apparently from outside sources.
Firefox3 users also were blocked from the site, with a page reading "Reported Attack Site!"
Torrent Freak reports Empornium.us is considered the world's largest adult-material tracker, and at one point had more than 1 million members, making it one of the world's biggest tracker of any material.
http://www.avn.com/internet/articles/33659.html (http://www.avn.com/internet/articles/33659.html)