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Ajax prepares for battle on the dark side
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03/09/2006, By Quinn Norton
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MySpace, the seventh most popular English-language website according to Alexa Internet, allows people to set up pages as part of a "profile" and find others through their profiles; they can add those people as "friends".
Imagine someone who trades stocks online via a browser - as many Americans do - being hit by the virus. The Ajax code could step through the complex forms required to transfer money between accounts and make trades. It could selectively buy or sell stocks, without the knowledge of the account owner. "The exploited users might get their money back but external investors would be making decisions based on a market that was influenced in part by a virus."
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