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nice screenshot...damn compulsory titles #

By Anonymous Coward Posted Tuesday 18th March 2008 17:36 GMT

nice screenshot...

Better to say... #

By Anonymous Coward Posted Tuesday 18th March 2008 18:54 GMT

ASPX is a method to do remote processing of and responding to web browser requests.

I'm surprised #

By Repo Posted Wednesday 19th March 2008 01:03 GMT

That eBay did anything at all given their recent round of "improvements" which made life for the con-artist even easier.

ASPX is... #

By Karim Bourouba Posted Wednesday 19th March 2008 12:34 GMT

not just an HTML file format to create webforms.

Instead, how about using the words, "part of a web application framework"?

Not 1 but 2 tool bars! #

By dave Posted Wednesday 19th March 2008 12:59 GMT

Le Reg are supposed to be experts in IT yet the screenshot is taken with not 1 but 2 web toolbars, here's guessing that the 75% complete download for a screensaver pack was just out of shot!

Paris, does she work at the register now?

More nice screenshots #

By Graham Cluley Posted Wednesday 19th March 2008 14:10 GMT

If you liked The Reg's screenshots of this incident you can check out more on the Sophos blog here: http://www.sophos.com/security/blog/2008/03/1199.html

(no toolbars present :) ) We also show some evidence that this isn't the first time the bad guys have tried this kind of scam.

Graham Cluley, Sophos