Yes, this is similar to what I wrote above. And the problem is even older than PHP. For as long as I can think back there have always been people clicking every

Yes, this is similar to what I wrote above. And the problem is even older than PHP. For as long as I can think back there have always been people clicking every colorful link saying "Click here! It's FREE!" and "Download for Free!". Back then the nasty payload came from cracked software and games, stuff like boot sector viruses. I wouldn't put the blame for this on assembly language.