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http://www.zdnet.com/ad-exec-o...

http://search.slashdot.org/sto...

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023...

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/...

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/m...

http://www.itworld.com/securit...

APK

P.S.=> See subject & those links (AND we're free of ads that not only INFECT US, but also STEAL BANDWIDTH & SPEED WE PAY FOR MONTHLY too)

... apk

XPocalypse and the "forever day" vulnerability by tepples · 2015-09-25 06:30 · Score: 1 · on America Runs Out of IPv4 Internet Addresses

Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Android 2.x no longer receive security updates. This means they are likely vulnerable to "forever day" exploits that surreptitiously install malware that adds other means of exfiltrating data from a system. An attaker doesn't need to Firesheep a victim's session cookie if he can install a keylogger that captures a whole password. Heck, an attacker could just install a keylogger that captures a victim's keystrokes when entering a credit card number. So if Windows XP is insecure in this manner, why even try to offer "secure" services to an insecure client?

Privelege to be FREE of infestation #1/2... apk by Anonymous Coward · 2015-09-24 12:48 · Score: 2, Informative · on iOS Ad Blocker "Crystal" Will Let Companies Pay To Show You Ads

Here's a SMALL partial only sample of OpenBid & other ad networks malware makers have taken advantage of to infect you with:

http://www.zdnet.com/ad-exec-o...

http://search.slashdot.org/sto...

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023...

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/...

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/m...

http://www.itworld.com/securit...

APK

P.S.=> See subject & those links (AND we're free of ads that not only INFECT US, but also STEAL BANDWIDTH & SPEED WE PAY FOR MONTHLY too) - to be continued in my next subsequent post with MORE of the same information for you vs. your b.s. advertiser

... apk

Read these & tell us another one #1/2 by Anonymous Coward · 2015-09-21 03:46 · Score: 0 · on AdBlock Plus Defends Ad Blocking, Applauds Marco Arment

Here's a SMALL partial only sample of OpenBid ad networks malware makers have taken advantage of to infect you with:

http://www.zdnet.com/ad-exec-o...

http://search.slashdot.org/sto...

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023...

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/...

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/m...

http://www.securityweek.com/fi...

APK

P.S.=> See subject & those links...

... apk

Re:This is a new update mechanism by jbmartin6 · 2015-08-06 01:34 · Score: 1 · on Samsung To Push Monthly Over-the-Air Security Updates For Android

Could you clarify how you concluded this is a security patch only process? From what I see in the article this is simply regular full Android updates. In a linked article about Google's Nexus lines, they hint at a patch-only process but only after a device ages out of regular full Android updates.

Re:Ya blew it by Demonoid-Penguin · 2015-07-24 19:35 · Score: 2 · on Using HTML5 To Hide Malware

Links that work pls thx.

The links are recursive (they point at /.) so they'd be fuck all use at providing more information - and nothing to do with the crappy summary (SecurityWeek reports). Thanks for nothing Timothy.

Articles from the last week of SecurityWeek about HTML5 and malware 4 security flaws in MSIE, a stupid "story" about old flaws long patched,

This one - paper it's based on is here tl;dr If you don't use stupid (Silverlight, Java, Adobe, Flash) it won't matter.

Re:Ya blew it by Demonoid-Penguin · 2015-07-24 19:35 · Score: 2 · on Using HTML5 To Hide Malware

Links that work pls thx.

The links are recursive (they point at /.) so they'd be fuck all use at providing more information - and nothing to do with the crappy summary (SecurityWeek reports). Thanks for nothing Timothy.

Articles from the last week of SecurityWeek about HTML5 and malware 4 security flaws in MSIE, a stupid "story" about old flaws long patched,

This one - paper it's based on is here tl;dr If you don't use stupid (Silverlight, Java, Adobe, Flash) it won't matter.

Addendum #2/3: Partial list of DNS exploits... apk by Anonymous Coward · 2015-05-19 02:15 · Score: 0 · on European Internet Users Urged To Protect Themselves Against Facebook Tracking

http://it.slashdot.org/it/05/0...

http://it.slashdot.org/it/07/0...

http://labs.umbrella.com/2013/...

http://www.darkreading.com/per...

http://tech.slashdot.org/artic...

http://crypto.stanford.edu/dns...

http://it.slashdot.org/it/07/1...

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/secu...

http://tech.slashdot.org/tech/...

http://it.slashdot.org/it/08/0...

http://it.slashdot.org/it/06/0...

http://tech.slashdot.org/story...

http://blogs.zdnet.com/securit...

http://crypto.stanford.edu/dns...

* "Read 'em & weep" EVEN MORE are coming... & that's only SOME of the exploits DNS has experienced, I don't have them all but those will do!

(Simply facts supporting my former post as I promised in it, to show the RAMPANT EXPLOITABILITY of DNS vs. my program AND WINDOWS protecting hosts perfectly...)

APK

P.S.=> You can't win, accept it... apk

Combined with homebrew radios by __aabppq7737 · 2015-05-08 05:59 · Score: 5, Interesting · on Proof-of-Concept Linux Rootkit Leverages GPUs For Stealth

Recently it was discovered that certain GPUs can be manipulated to create a radio antennae via internal circuitry. Combine this with a relatively unmanaged kernel on the GPU to create silent malware and a peer-to-peer radio-communicating botnet

Re:used devastatingly already by circletimessquare · 2015-04-13 14:12 · Score: 1 · on Windows Remains Vulnerable To Serious 18-Year-Old SMB Security Flaw

i *think* they had inside help, that's my own personal opinion, no source

i don't know all the details of the tool, maybe they didn't have inside help but just a little social engineering for a few hours one day. or maybe even the sony security was so rotten, they could set it all up from the outside

here's the article that mentions the attack:

Re:used devastatingly already by circletimessquare · 2015-04-13 14:10 · Score: 0 · on Windows Remains Vulnerable To Serious 18-Year-Old SMB Security Flaw

citation given

Re:used devastatingly already by circletimessquare · 2015-04-13 14:09 · Score: 2 · on Windows Remains Vulnerable To Serious 18-Year-Old SMB Security Flaw

source:

Re:used devastatingly already by circletimessquare · 2015-04-13 14:08 · Score: 2 · on Windows Remains Vulnerable To Serious 18-Year-Old SMB Security Flaw

there you go:

http://it.slashdot.org/story/0...
http://www.securityweek.com/lo...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2...
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2...
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/m...
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023...
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.co...
http://www.securityweek.com/ea...
http://www.itworld.com/securit...
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.co...
http://www.zdnet.com/ad-exec-o...
http://search.slashdot.org/sto...

WRONG... apk by Anonymous Coward · 2015-03-31 01:21 · Score: 0 · on Ask Slashdot: Who's Going To Win the Malware Arms Race?

"DDoS attacks are only viable because of all those compromised Windows computer desktops out there on the Internet" - by DougPaulson (4034537) on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @08:05AM (#49378219)

DDoS Malware for Linux Distributed via SSH Brute Force Attacks http://www.securityweek.com/dd... so what's that you said?

NOW - Tell us about ANDROID (a Linux) being so 'secure' too, ok??

It's proof that once a Linux gets used as much as Windows, albeit on another hardware platform, it gets burnt badly too!

That's been the ONLY thing 'saving' Linux - which isn't saving it on PC desktops @ all - I have YET to see "year of the Linux on the desktop" bs happen!

(Since Windows use blows away Linux on PC desktops + Servers COMBINED much as ANDROID does everything else on smartphones since it's 'free' & keeps per unit costs down which IS the only TRUE REASON it's 'top dog' there since money talks)

Yes, you see the results in ANDROID's massive decade++ long infestation also.

* ... & before ANYONE tries to say "but Linux is used more on servers"?

Well, this shows clearly otherwise from 2012, & it hasn't changed much in favor of Linux to this day 3 yrs. later almost to the day, using CNN + NetCraft data to prove it - it's roughly STILL a 50/50 split on servers from the Fortune 500, U.S. State Government servers, & top educational institutions -> http://news.slashdot.org/comme... which VALID concrete verifiable + undeniable sources data STILL!

(Even got me "downmodded" for, since truth obviously isn't "real big" on the personal agenda of "Pro-*NIX" people here... argue with the numbers!)

APK

P.S.=> You guys really SHOULD STOP your b.s. 'p.r.' since it's shooting you in the foot everytime you do it... security by obscurity (less used) is what you had, nothing more... apk

Re:As seen on 'Person of Interest' Intro .. by lippydude · 2015-02-25 16:29 · Score: 1 · on US Govt and Private Sector Developing "Precrime" System Against Cyber-Attacks

"Now given how Person of Interest does things, How do you think the real US goverment or ANY OTHER goverment would handle it if such a tech existed today?"

I don't think it would be necessary to have someone killed based on SSN. It would more likely be of the form of discrediting them with false allegations of financial or sexual improprieties.

'More importantly, is there anything you have ever done that may get you made "relevant" by a real version of "the machine"?'

No I've never done anything that would bring me to the attention of "the machine", apart from posting here that is. I would be interested if slashdot was ever required to hand over peoples registration information. 'Reddit Reveals Bids for User Data by Outside Agencies'

Re:Requirement to have compromised device by TrancePhreak · 2015-01-19 12:20 · Score: 1 · on Researchers Use Siri To Steal Data From iPhones

iOS web vulnerabilities that auto-jailbreak and install backdoors? It's never happened, but I do believe it's possible: http://www.securityweek.com/mo...

Times ads infected millions #2 of 2 by Anonymous Coward · 2014-12-17 05:04 · Score: 0 · on Dr. Dobb's 38-Year Run Comes To an End

Here's MORE in that regard (dozens of times, millions of users infected by ads):

APK

P.S.=>

"And they dont hurt that much..." - by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 16, 2014 @08:00PM (#48613667)

Oh, really? See above, & "tell us another one"... apk

Times ads infected millions #2 of 2 by Anonymous Coward · 2014-12-17 05:04 · Score: 0 · on Dr. Dobb's 38-Year Run Comes To an End

Here's MORE in that regard (dozens of times, millions of users infected by ads):

http://it.slashdot.org/story/0...
http://www.securityweek.com/lo...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2...
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2...
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/m...
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023...
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.co...
http://www.securityweek.com/ea...
http://www.itworld.com/securit...
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.co...
http://www.zdnet.com/ad-exec-o...
http://search.slashdot.org/sto...

APK

P.S.=>

"And they dont hurt that much..." - by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 16, 2014 @08:00PM (#48613667)

Oh, really? See above, & "tell us another one"... apk

Ever yet MORE times adbanners infect us ray! by Anonymous Coward · 2014-08-09 13:56 · Score: 0 · on Cornering the Market On Zero-Day Exploits

See subject-line, & yet more examples (Even more than ever before & FAR from a total) - & adbanners ROB THE SPEED/BANDWIDTH WE PAY TO BE ONLINE as well:

2013 - Google settles rogue drug ad claims for $500 million: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023...

Pertinent quote/excerpt: "The Web giant pays out one of the largest forfeitures ever in a settlement with the Justice Department over claims that it accepted ads from rogue online pharmacies."

(Thus, they aren't even CHECKING who or what is putting up those ads, ripping folks off &/or possibly worse, injecting them with malicious code for enslaving their systems into botnets + ripping off their personal information such as bank account numbers & what-not...)

2013 - NBC website hacked and distributes malware - here's what happened:

More dangerous to click on an online advertisement than an adult content site these days, Cisco said:

APK

P.S.=> Still TONS more coming, raymorris...

So much for YOUR 'b.s.' since the strong websites that aren't ONLY in it for profits would survive (vs. the greed driven ones & malware laden ones DUE TO advertiser negligence)... apk

Ever yet MORE times adbanners infect us ray! by Anonymous Coward · 2014-08-09 13:51 · Score: 0 · on Cornering the Market On Zero-Day Exploits

See subject-line, & yet even MORE examples (Even more than ever before & FAR from the total) - & adbanners ROB THE SPEED/BANDWIDTH WE PAY TO BE ONLINE as well:

2013 - Google settles rogue drug ad claims for $500 million: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023...

Pertinent quote/excerpt: "The Web giant pays out one of the largest forfeitures ever in a settlement with the Justice Department over claims that it accepted ads from rogue online pharmacies."

(Thus, they aren't even CHECKING who or what is putting up those ads, ripping folks off &/or possibly worse, injecting them with malicious code for enslaving their systems into botnets + ripping off their personal information such as bank account numbers & what-not...)

2013 - NBC website hacked and distributes malware - here's what happened:

More dangerous to click on an online advertisement than an adult content site these days, Cisco said:

http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/06/15/2056219/The-Next-Ad-You-Click-May-Be-a-Virus

APK

P.S.=> Still LOTS more coming, raymorris...

So much for YOUR 'b.s.' since the strong websites that aren't ONLY in it for profits would survive (vs. the greed driven ones & malware laden ones DUE TO advertiser negligence)... apk

Yet MORE times've adbanners infected us ray! by Anonymous Coward · 2014-08-09 13:22 · Score: 0 · on Cornering the Market On Zero-Day Exploits

See subject-line, & these examples (even more, FAR from the total) - & adbanners ROB THE SPEED/BANDWIDTH WE PAY TO BE ONLINE as well:

Two Major Ad Networks Found Serving Malware: http://tech.slashdot.org/story...

NY TIMES INFECTED WITH MALWARE ADBANNER: http://news.slashdot.org/story...

MICROSOFT HIT BY MALWARES IN ADBANNERS: http://apcmag.com/microsoft_ap...

ADOBE FLASH ADS INJECTING MALWARE INTO THE NET: http://it.slashdot.org/story/0...

London Stock Exchange Web Site Serving Malware: http://www.securityweek.com/lo...

Spotify splattered with malware-tainted ads: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2...

APK

P.S.=> Get ready for a STILL a LOT more raymorris... So much for YOUR 'b.s.' since the strong websites that aren't ONLY in it for profits would survive (vs. the greed driven ones & malware laden ones DUE TO advertiser negligence)... apk

Wonder if TW techs read marketing's whitepaper? by xxxJonBoyxxx · 2014-03-26 06:16 · Score: 1 · on Target and Trustwave Sued Over Credit Card Breach

Retailers a Top Target for Attackers in 2012, Trustwave Says
http://www.securityweek.com/re...

Re:A phone is like a wallet nowadays. by JohnFen · 2014-02-25 10:57 · Score: 1 · on US Carriers Said To Have Rejected Kill Switch Technology Last Year

Again, it depends on which encryption you're using. Here's a nice article about the weaknesses in the stock Android crypt as of last year: http://www.securityweek.com/de...

DNS = mostly unpatched by Anonymous Coward · 2013-07-29 03:05 · Score: -1 · on Steve "CyanogenMod" Kondik Contemplates The Death of Root On Android

Worst @ ISP level (vs. Kaminsky bug redirection) http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/012913-dnssec-266197.html?page=3 & is also taken advantage of in its VERY NATURE vs. fastflux + dynamic DNS utilizing botnets.

Hosts gain you reliability vs. downed DNS servers & protect you vs redirected DNS servers as well as securing you vs. known malicious sites/servers/hosts-domains online http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3985079&cid=44310431 (and even block phishing/spam mail malicious links).

Hosts work against each of those threats FOR YOUR BENEFIT, also gaining you speed by blocking ads, AND via local hardcodes of your favorite sites in them also (also avoiding DNS totally also avoiding dns request logs + DNSBL's you may not like).

AdBlock "souled-out" to Google, Ghostery = advertiser owned (Fox guarding the henhouse).

APK

P.S.=> I had no idea GOOGLE was doing that on ANDROID phones! Thus, I agree with you since they're an advertising company, they'd love to do that (& according to you apparently they are) - too bad they're opening the doors to malicious code in adbanners that way, and yes, that happens:

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THE NEXT AD YOU CLICK MAY BE A VIRUS:

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More dangerous to click on an online advertisement than an adult content site these days, Cisco said:

http://www.securityweek.com/easier-get-infected-malware-good-sites-shady-sites-cisco-says

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... apk

Not crude: DNS = mostly unpatched by Anonymous Coward · 2013-07-29 02:39 · Score: -1 · on Steve "CyanogenMod" Kondik Contemplates The Death of Root On Android

Worst of all @ ISP level vs. Kaminsky bug redirection http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/012913-dnssec-266197.html?page=3 & is also taken advantage of in its VERY NATURE vs. . Hosts work against each of those threats FOR YOUR BENEFIT, also gaining you speed you up via local hardcodes of your favorite sites in them also (also avoiding DNS totally that way along with dns request logs + DNSBL's you may not like). They also protect and gain you reliability vs. downed or redirected DNS servers.

APK

P.S.=> I had no idea GOOGLE was doing that on ANDROID phones but I have to agree with the person you quoted that since they're an advertising company, they'd love to do that - too bad they're opening the doors to malicious code in adbanners:

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THE NEXT AD YOU CLICK MAY BE A VIRUS:

http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/06/15/2056219/The-Next-Ad-You-Click-May-Be-a-Virus

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More dangerous to click on an online advertisement than an adult content site these days, Cisco said:

http://www.securityweek.com/easier-get-infected-malware-good-sites-shady-sites-cisco-says

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... apk

Javascript performs excellently by Anonymous Coward · 2013-07-16 02:00 · Score: 0 · on Former Sun Mobile JIT Engineers Take On Mobile JavaScript/HTML Performance

At delivering malware payloads even in your adbanners. Yes everyone: The brilliant brainiacs that decided scripting documents was "smart to do" just ends up screwing you over in the end. Especially funny since they had the example of macros in documents (like MS Word ones) beforehand and saw how that ended up working out too in malware galore being delivered via those scriptable documents. Why not open up the door and let the trash come blowing in next! Might as well, since the material you consume comes loaded with it because of this idiot's move.

Example cases in point:

Malware More Likely to Come From Legitimate Sites:

http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/2013/06/26/malware-more-likely-to-come-from-legitimate-sites/?know-notenough=

and

More dangerous to click on an online advertisement than an adult content site these days, Cisco said:

http://www.securityweek.com/easier-get-infected-malware-good-sites-shady-sites-cisco-says

Wrong (malware in adbanners)... apk by Anonymous Coward · 2013-07-15 09:21 · Score: 0 · on An Interesting Look At the Performance of JavaScript On Mobile Devices

"He said (and I agree) that the problem is NOT ads." - by Arker (91948) on Monday July 15, 2013 @11:09AM (#44284689) Homepage

Malware More Likely to Come From Legitimate Sites:

http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/2013/06/26/malware-more-likely-to-come-from-legitimate-sites/?know-notenough=

and

More dangerous to click on an online advertisement than an adult content site these days, Cisco said:

http://www.securityweek.com/easier-get-infected-malware-good-sites-shady-sites-cisco-says

APK

P.S.=> You need to be better informed - take a read up in those 2 links above, in order to be... apk

Protectionism by Somebody+Is+Using+My · 2013-06-25 03:18 · Score: 5, Insightful · on Chinese Media Calls For Boycott of Cisco

You know, China, I have no issue with a sovereign nation looking to its own industry to provide the technologies it needs to defend itself from threats, whether they are of an analog or digital nature. You shouldn't depend on foreign suppliers for your defense, not only because they may be somehow compromised with unknown backdoors, but also because you have no control of the supply. So sure, drop Cisco; it's probably for the best.

But if you are considering Huawei switches and routers to provide you any sort of security, you may wish to rethink that particular course of action. The NSA doesn't /need/ to install backdoors when the software is vulnerable by default.

Cisco hardware may be compromised with backdoors, but at least they are /competently/ compromised...

Re:Aren't we the cylons? by colinrichardday · 2013-05-03 07:47 · Score: 1 · on What Modern Militaries Can Learn From Battlestar Galactica

but I haven't heard of any damage from any Chinese 'attack.'

Not yet.

https://www.securityweek.com/military-database-us-dams-compromised-attackers-report

How many times have researchers found things by Anonymous Coward · 2013-02-24 00:47 · Score: 0 · on PunkSPIDER Project Puts Vulnerabilities On (Searchable) Display

Only to be "blown off" & nothing gets fixed? Answer = Plenty of times.

(This forces those sites into action, especially since it proves those sites are @ risk & guilty of negligence putting their viewers @ risk of infestation by malware/malicious script injections etc./et al).

APK

P.S.=> I understand YOUR point on "responsible disclosure" though - I really do: IF you approach a site with an issue & they don't fix it though (and yes, that happens too)?

However/Then, a responsible website would "brush up" on things like using binding of variables to query strings and then using stored procedures for database query access for the sake of their viewing public too, on the "flip side" of things, for security's sake, in their own & that of their users!

Otherwise - it IS blatant negligence & essentially refusing to "patch" (after all - OS vendors have to do it or should, why not websites also?)...

(All that above should be done, as well additionally inspecting what the state of security is on the adbanners they float too, since this report from CISCO blows the lid off that too -> More dangerous to click on an online advertisement than an adult content site these days, Cisco said: -> http://www.securityweek.com/easier-get-infected-malware-good-sites-shady-sites-cisco-says )

... apk

Ghostery = INFERIOR to custom hosts files by Anonymous Coward · 2013-02-23 15:23 · Score: 1 · on Firefox Will Soon Block Third-Party Cookies

1st of all - Ghostery's owned by advertisers. Read this from CISCO ->

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More dangerous to click on an online advertisement than an adult content site these days, Cisco said:

http://www.securityweek.com/easier-get-infected-malware-good-sites-shady-sites-cisco-says

(& I can put dozens more out to go with it if you wish - "ask & ye shall receive"...)

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This is a far, Far, FAR better solution in the next link below, by "yours truly", since it's merely working natively with the custom hosts file itself, & that only!

I.E. -> It's no added weight to process data for the IP stack itself really, doesn't need to remain resident (though the program below can & be useful) & it makes gathering reliable data from 12++ reputable security oriented sites easy as apple pie possible:

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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&catid=26:64bit-security-software&Itemid=74

Which, if you read the list of what it can do for you as an end user of the resulting output it produces listed in the link above, you'll understand how/why...

"It's as strong as steel, & a 3rd of the weight" - Howard Stark from the film "Captain America"

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Especially vs. competing alternate 'solutions', noted below in AdBlock/Ghostery & yes even DNS servers, next, as 'examples thereof'...

Solutions that used to be good & I even recommended them in security guides I wrote up over the decades now -> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000/XP%22&btnG=Submit&gbv=1&sei=ka3yUKzxB-6_0QHLroCQCA

That did extremely well for myself (and users of them), for Windows users, for "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" purposes - the BEST THING WE HAVE GOING vs. threats of all kinds, currently!

(Not anymore though, & certainly NOT far as Ghostery's concerned especially, not after this):

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FROM -> http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2931443&cid=40412193

Evidon, which makes Ghostery, is an advertising company. They were originally named Better Advertising, Inc., but changed their name for obvious PR reasons. Despite the name change, let's be clear on one thing: their goal still is building better advertising, not protecting consumer privacy. Evidon bought Ghostery, an independent privacy tool that had a good reputation. They took a tool that was originally for watching the trackers online, something people saw as a legitimate privacy tool, and users were understandably concerned. The company said they were just using Ghostery for research. Turns out they had relationships with a bunch of ad companies and were compiling data from which sites you visited when you were using Ghostery, what trackers were on those sites, what ads they were, etc., and building a database to monetize. (AND, when confronted about it, they made their tracking opt-in and called it GhostRank, which is how it exists today.) They took an open-source type tool, bought it, turned it from something that's actually protecting people from the ad industry, to something where the users are actually providing data to the advertisers to make it easier to track them. This is a fundamental conflict of interest.

"We are not ur enemies banner: Try 2 think!" by Anonymous Coward · 2013-02-22 03:05 · Score: -1 · on CAPTCHA Using Ad-Based Verification

Ads leech from users' money by stealing YOUR bandwidth online you pay an ISP monthly for, & it's done it to the average amount of 40% of the mass you download from most website pages at most sites.

That also in turn drives up your electricity bill as well as stealing your speed/bandwidth you paid for also since you have to process more data in downloading the material for the ads, process javascript code, as well as the image download time and display in a webbrowser.

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ALSO/IMPORTANT:

That same javascript code in adbanners also often has a large risk of infecting you with malicious code per CISCO's findings no less -> http://www.securityweek.com/easier-get-infected-malware-good-sites-shady-sites-cisco-says

Take a read for a list of a LOT MORE OF THAT going on, & from reputable sources over the past few years now:

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THE NEXT AD YOU CLICK MAY BE A VIRUS:

http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/06/15/2056219/The-Next-Ad-You-Click-May-Be-a-Virus

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Yahoo, Microsoft's Bing display toxic ads:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/16/bing_yahoo_malware_ads/

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Malware torrent delivered over Google, Yahoo! ad services:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/24/malware_ads_google_yahoo/

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Rogue ads infiltrate Expedia and Rhapsody:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/30/excite_and_rhapsody_rogue_ads/

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Google sponsored links caught punting malware:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/16/google_sponsored_links/

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DoubleClick caught supplying malware-tainted ads:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/13/doubleclick_distributes_malware/

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Yahoo feeds Trojan-laced ads to MySpace and PhotoBucket users:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/11/yahoo_serves_12million_malware_ads/

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Real Media attacks real people via RealPlayer:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/23/real_media_serves_malware/

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Attacks Targeting Classified Ad Sites Surge:

http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/02/02/1433210/Attacks-Targeting-Classified-Ad-Sites-Surge

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Hackers Respond To Help Wanted Ads With Malware:

http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/01/20/0228258/Hackers-Respond-To-Help-Wanted-Ads-With-Malware

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Ruskie gang hijacks Microsoft network to push penis pills:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/12/microsoft_ips_hijacked/

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Major ISPs Injecting Ads, Vulnerabilities Into Web:

http://it.slashdot.org/story/08/04/19/2148215/major-isps-injecting-ads-vulnerabilities-into-web

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Two Major Ad Networks Found Serving Malware:

Re:about the same as my android by the_B0fh · 2013-02-09 12:43 · Score: 1 · on Woz Says iPhone Features Are 'Behind'

something like this?

http://www.securityweek.com/resilient-smszombie-infects-500000-android-users-china

I also know this, per this article, lol... apk by Anonymous Coward · 2013-01-31 10:21 · Score: 0 · on 5 Years After Major DNS Flaw Found, Few US Companies Have Deployed Long-term Fix

" I'd expect you to at least understand how DNS works." - by ilikejam (762039) on Thursday January 31, @08:32AM (#42749827) Homepage

DNS doesn't work TOO well, & is vulnerable + faulty as hell...

How's that?

In fact, here's a NICE list of that to top this article off:

A DNS FLAWS LIST OVER TIME FOR REFERENCE (only partial):

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DNS flaw reanimates slain evil sites as ghost domains:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/16/ghost_domains_dns_vuln/

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BIND vs. what the Chinese are doing to DNS lately? See here:

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/11/29/1755230/Chinese-DNS-Tampering-a-Real-Threat-To-Outsiders

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SECUNIA HIT BY DNS REDIRECTION HACK THIS WEEK:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/26/secunia_back_from_dns_hack/

(Yes, even "security pros" are helpless vs. DNS problems in code bugs OR redirect DNS poisoning issues, & they can only try to "set the DNS record straight" & then, they still have to wait for corrected DNS info. to propogate across all subordinate DNS servers too - lagtime in which folks DO get "abused" in mind you!)

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DNS vs. the "Kaminsky DNS flaw", here (and even MORE problems in DNS than just that):

http://www.scmagazineus.com/new-bind-9-dns-flaw-is-worse-than-kaminskys/article/140872/

(Seems others are saying that some NEW "Bind9 flaw" is worse than the Kaminsky flaw ALONE, up there, mind you... probably corrected (hopefully), but it shows yet again, DNS hassles (DNS redirect/DNS poisoning) being exploited!)

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Moxie Marlinspike's found others (0 hack) as well...

Nope... "layered security" truly IS the "way to go" - hacker/cracker types know it, & they do NOT want the rest of us knowing it too!...

(So until DNSSEC takes "widespread adoption"? HOSTS are your answer vs. such types of attack, because the 1st thing your system refers to, by default, IS your HOSTS file (over say, DNS server usage). There are decent DNS servers though, such as OpenDNS, ScrubIT, or even NORTON DNS (more on each specifically below), & because I cannot "cache the entire internet" in a HOSTS file? I opt to use those, because I have to (& OpenDNS has been noted to "fix immediately", per the Kaminsky flaw, in fact... just as a sort of reference to how WELL they are maintained really!)

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DNS Hijacks Now Being Used to Serve Black Hole Exploit Kit:

https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/dns-hijacks-now-being-used-serve-black-hole-exploit-kit-121211

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DNS experts admit some of the underlying foundations of the DNS protocol are inherently weak:

http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/12/08/1353203/opendns-releases-dns-encryption-tool

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Potential 0-Day Vulnerability For BIND 9:

http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/11/17/1429259/potential-0-day-vulnerability-for-bind-9

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Five DNS Threats You Should Protect Against:

http://www.securityweek.com/five-dns-threats-you-should-protect-against

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DNS provider decked by DDoS dastards:

http://www.theregister.co

Re:we need 3rd party app stores not ones with Pira by Kergan · 2013-01-01 07:18 · Score: 1 · on Pirated iOS App Store Site Shuts Down

That's a fair point, but... how do you reconcile it with requiring that Apps be signed by an Apple-controlled developer key to prohibit malware from tampering with executable code, that Apps be denied to use private APIs that can potentially change without notice, or -- perhaps even more importantly in the future -- that Apps be denied to be bloated with spyware?

Re:Hrmpf. by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-25 19:26 · Score: 1 · on Iran Claims New Cyberattacks On Industrial Sites

Tehran - A local civil defense official denied an earlier account that a fresh cyber attack on industrial units in the southern province of Hormuzgan had been repelled, Iran's state broadcaster website reported Tuesday.

http://www.securityweek.com/iran-denies-foiling-cyber-attack-industrial-units-report

BannerAds + malicious code in 'em (evidences) by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-13 02:14 · Score: 0 · on Advertising May Soon Follow You From One Device To the Next

You keep modding this down: Why? It's only documented fact(s):

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THE NEXT AD YOU CLICK MAY BE A VIRUS:

http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/06/15/2056219/The-Next-Ad-You-Click-May-Be-a-Virus

Yahoo, Microsoft's Bing display toxic ads:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/16/bing_yahoo_malware_ads/

Malware torrent delivered over Google, Yahoo! ad services:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/24/malware_ads_google_yahoo/

Rogue ads infiltrate Expedia and Rhapsody:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/30/excite_and_rhapsody_rogue_ads/

Google sponsored links caught punting malware:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/16/google_sponsored_links/

DoubleClick caught supplying malware-tainted ads:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/13/doubleclick_distributes_malware/

Yahoo feeds Trojan-laced ads to MySpace and PhotoBucket users:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/11/yahoo_serves_12million_malware_ads/

Real Media attacks real people via RealPlayer:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/23/real_media_serves_malware/

Attacks Targeting Classified Ad Sites Surge:

http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/02/02/1433210/Attacks-Targeting-Classified-Ad-Sites-Surge

Hackers Respond To Help Wanted Ads With Malware:

http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/01/20/0228258/Hackers-Respond-To-Help-Wanted-Ads-With-Malware

Ruskie gang hijacks Microsoft network to push penis pills:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/12/microsoft_ips_hijacked/

Major ISPs Injecting Ads, Vulnerabilities Into Web:

http://it.slashdot.org/story/08/04/19/2148215/major-isps-injecting-ads-vulnerabilities-into-web

Two Major Ad Networks Found Serving Malware:

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/13/0128249/Two-Major-Ad-Networks-Found-Serving-Malware

NY TIMES INFECTED WITH MALWARE ADBANNER:

http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/09/13/2346229/new-york-times-site-pop-up-says-your-computer-is-infected

MICROSOFT HIT BY MALWARES IN ADBANNERS:

http://apcmag.com/microsoft_apologises_for_serving_malware.htm

ADOBE FLASH ADS INJECTING MALWARE INTO THE NET:

http://it.slashdot.org/story/08/08/20/0029220/adobe-flash-ads-launching-clipboard-hijack-attacks

London Stock Exchange Web Site Serving Malware:

http://www.securityweek.com/london-stoc

Real question is WHO's "evil" here? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-07 04:19 · Score: -1 · on Advertising May Soon Follow You From One Device To the Next

Adbanner content ben hijacked with malicious code - proofs below:

THE NEXT AD YOU CLICK MAY BE A VIRUS:

http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/06/15/2056219/The-Next-Ad-You-Click-May-Be-a-Virus

Yahoo, Microsoft's Bing display toxic ads:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/16/bing_yahoo_malware_ads/

Malware torrent delivered over Google, Yahoo! ad services:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/24/malware_ads_google_yahoo/

Rogue ads infiltrate Expedia and Rhapsody:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/30/excite_and_rhapsody_rogue_ads/

Google sponsored links caught punting malware:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/16/google_sponsored_links/

DoubleClick caught supplying malware-tainted ads:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/13/doubleclick_distributes_malware/

Yahoo feeds Trojan-laced ads to MySpace and PhotoBucket users:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/11/yahoo_serves_12million_malware_ads/

Real Media attacks real people via RealPlayer:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/23/real_media_serves_malware/

Attacks Targeting Classified Ad Sites Surge:

http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/02/02/1433210/Attacks-Targeting-Classified-Ad-Sites-Surge

Hackers Respond To Help Wanted Ads With Malware:

http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/01/20/0228258/Hackers-Respond-To-Help-Wanted-Ads-With-Malware

Ruskie gang hijacks Microsoft network to push penis pills:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/12/microsoft_ips_hijacked/

Major ISPs Injecting Ads, Vulnerabilities Into Web:

http://it.slashdot.org/story/08/04/19/2148215/major-isps-injecting-ads-vulnerabilities-into-web

Two Major Ad Networks Found Serving Malware:

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/13/0128249/Two-Major-Ad-Networks-Found-Serving-Malware

NY TIMES INFECTED WITH MALWARE ADBANNER:

http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/09/13/2346229/new-york-times-site-pop-up-says-your-computer-is-infected

MICROSOFT HIT BY MALWARES IN ADBANNERS:

http://apcmag.com/microsoft_apologises_for_serving_malware.htm

ADOBE FLASH ADS INJECTING MALWARE INTO THE NET:

http://it.slashdot.org/story/08/08/20/0029220/adobe-flash-ads-launching-clipboard-hijack-attacks

London Stock Exchange Web Site Serving Malware:

http://www.securityweek.com/london-stock-excha

Multiple evidences to the contrary by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-07 03:25 · Score: 0, Informative · on Advertising May Soon Follow You From One Device To the Next

Adbanner content? Well, it may also be hijacked with malicious code too mind you:

THE NEXT AD YOU CLICK MAY BE A VIRUS:

http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/06/15/2056219/The-Next-Ad-You-Click-May-Be-a-Virus

Yahoo, Microsoft's Bing display toxic ads:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/16/bing_yahoo_malware_ads/

Malware torrent delivered over Google, Yahoo! ad services:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/24/malware_ads_google_yahoo/

Rogue ads infiltrate Expedia and Rhapsody:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/30/excite_and_rhapsody_rogue_ads/

Google sponsored links caught punting malware:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/16/google_sponsored_links/

DoubleClick caught supplying malware-tainted ads:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/13/doubleclick_distributes_malware/

Yahoo feeds Trojan-laced ads to MySpace and PhotoBucket users:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/11/yahoo_serves_12million_malware_ads/

Real Media attacks real people via RealPlayer:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/23/real_media_serves_malware/

Attacks Targeting Classified Ad Sites Surge:

http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/02/02/1433210/Attacks-Targeting-Classified-Ad-Sites-Surge

Hackers Respond To Help Wanted Ads With Malware:

http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/01/20/0228258/Hackers-Respond-To-Help-Wanted-Ads-With-Malware

Ruskie gang hijacks Microsoft network to push penis pills:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/12/microsoft_ips_hijacked/

Major ISPs Injecting Ads, Vulnerabilities Into Web:

http://it.slashdot.org/story/08/04/19/2148215/major-isps-injecting-ads-vulnerabilities-into-web

Two Major Ad Networks Found Serving Malware:

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/13/0128249/Two-Major-Ad-Networks-Found-Serving-Malware

NY TIMES INFECTED WITH MALWARE ADBANNER:

http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/09/13/2346229/new-york-times-site-pop-up-says-your-computer-is-infected

MICROSOFT HIT BY MALWARES IN ADBANNERS:

http://apcmag.com/microsoft_apologises_for_serving_malware.htm

ADOBE FLASH ADS INJECTING MALWARE INTO THE NET:

http://it.slashdot.org/story/08/08/20/0029220/adobe-flash-ads-launching-clipboard-hijack-attacks

London Stock Exchange Web Site Serving Malware:

http://www.securityweek.com/lo

Something tells me you will be disappointed... by denzacar · 2012-11-14 13:19 · Score: 4, Funny · on Hacker Grabs 150k Adobe User Accounts Via SQL Injection

http://www.securityweek.com/authors/tal-beery

Oh, really? Try THESE ads on for size then... apk by Anonymous Coward · 2012-11-08 11:26 · Score: -1 · on Microsoft's Hidden Windows 8 Feature: Ads

THE NEXT AD YOU CLICK MAY BE A VIRUS:

http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/06/15/2056219/The-Next-Ad-You-Click-May-Be-a-Virus

Yahoo, Microsoft's Bing display toxic ads:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/16/bing_yahoo_malware_ads/

Malware torrent delivered over Google, Yahoo! ad services:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/24/malware_ads_google_yahoo/

Rogue ads infiltrate Expedia and Rhapsody:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/30/excite_and_rhapsody_rogue_ads/

Google sponsored links caught punting malware:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/16/google_sponsored_links/

DoubleClick caught supplying malware-tainted ads:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/13/doubleclick_distributes_malware/

Yahoo feeds Trojan-laced ads to MySpace and PhotoBucket users:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/11/yahoo_serves_12million_malware_ads/

Real Media attacks real people via RealPlayer:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/23/real_media_serves_malware/

Attacks Targeting Classified Ad Sites Surge:

http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/02/02/1433210/Attacks-Targeting-Classified-Ad-Sites-Surge

Hackers Respond To Help Wanted Ads With Malware:

http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/01/20/0228258/Hackers-Respond-To-Help-Wanted-Ads-With-Malware

Ruskie gang hijacks Microsoft network to push penis pills:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/12/microsoft_ips_hijacked/

Major ISPs Injecting Ads, Vulnerabilities Into Web:

http://it.slashdot.org/story/08/04/19/2148215/major-isps-injecting-ads-vulnerabilities-into-web

Two Major Ad Networks Found Serving Malware:

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/13/0128249/Two-Major-Ad-Networks-Found-Serving-Malware

NY TIMES INFECTED WITH MALWARE ADBANNER:

http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/09/13/2346229/new-york-times-site-pop-up-says-your-computer-is-infected

MICROSOFT HIT BY MALWARES IN ADBANNERS:

http://apcmag.com/microsoft_apologises_for_serving_malware.htm

ADOBE FLASH ADS INJECTING MALWARE INTO THE NET:

http://it.slashdot.org/story/08/08/20/0029220/adobe-flash-ads-launching-clipboard-hijack-attacks

London Stock Exchange Web Site Serving Malware:

http://www.securityweek.com/london-stock-exchange-web-site-serving-malware

Spotify splattered with malwar

If THIS would stop, I wouldn't do this... apk by Anonymous Coward · 2012-10-06 07:08 · Score: 0 · on Ad Group Says Internet Accounts For 5.1M US Jobs, 3.7% of GDP

Per my subject-line above: THIS is mainly what made me do what's in my 'p.s.' below:

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24 documented incidences of malware ridden banner ads the past few years now:

http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/06/15/2056219/The-Next-Ad-You-Click-May-Be-a-Virus

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/16/bing_yahoo_malware_ads/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/24/malware_ads_google_yahoo/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/24/doubleclick_distributes_malware/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/30/excite_and_rhapsody_rogue_ads/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/16/google_sponsored_links/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/13/doubleclick_distributes_malware/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/11/yahoo_serves_12million_malware_ads/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/23/real_media_serves_malware/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/13/doubleclick_msn_malware_attacks/

http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/02/02/1433210/Attacks-Targeting-Classified-Ad-Sites-Surge

http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/01/20/0228258/Hackers-Respond-To-Help-Wanted-Ads-With-Malware

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2007/11/doubleclick

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/12/microsoft_ips_hijacked/

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/13/0128249/Two-Major-Ad-Networks-Found-Serving-Malware

http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/09/13/2346229

http://apcmag.com/microsoft_apologises_for_serving_malware.htm

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/20/0029220&from=rss

http://www.securityweek.com/london-stock-exchange-web-site-serving-malware

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/25/spotify_malvertisement_attack/

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/08/02/1427257/demonoid-down-for-a-week-serving-malware-laden-ads

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* Not only is THAT a threat, but the fact that adbanners account for a HUGE %-age of each page I download, slowing me down & they eat up CP

Then you'll "f'ing" love THIS by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-30 06:28 · Score: -1 · on Think Tank's Website Rejects Browser Do-Not-Track Requests

http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3154101&cid=41507295

* Enjoy the program & what custom hosts files can do for you...

(Which is far, Far, FAR MORE than slower less efficient browser addons do, & even DNS servers on many accounts - even "filtering" ones like OpenDNS, ScrubIT, NortonDNS, Comodo DNS, or Google DNS, etc./et al).

APK

P.S.=> I feel EXACTLY as you do - but not so much for advertisers "getting in my face" or yours via robbing screen realestate, but more for robbing my ELECTRIC POWER (running ads, the BULK of what comes thru in webpage), CPU cycles, RAM, & other forms of I/O - but MORE for them infecting systems, ala these examples over time:

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http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/06/15/2056219/The-Next-Ad-You-Click-May-Be-a-Virus

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/16/bing_yahoo_malware_ads/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/24/malware_ads_google_yahoo/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/24/doubleclick_distributes_malware/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/30/excite_and_rhapsody_rogue_ads/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/16/google_sponsored_links/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/13/doubleclick_distributes_malware/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/11/yahoo_serves_12million_malware_ads/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/23/real_media_serves_malware/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/13/doubleclick_msn_malware_attacks/

http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/02/02/1433210/Attacks-Targeting-Classified-Ad-Sites-Surge

http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/01/20/0228258/Hackers-Respond-To-Help-Wanted-Ads-With-Malware

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2007/11/doubleclick

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/12/microsoft_ips_hijacked/

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/13/0128249/Two-Major-Ad-Networks-Found-Serving-Malware

http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/09/13/2346229

http://apcmag.com/microsoft_apologises_for_serving_malware.htm

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/20/0029220&from=rss

htt

Ads can "NUKE" you by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-24 12:11 · Score: 0 · on Ask Slashdot: Actual Best-in-Show For Free Anti Virus?

Don't be guilty, per the list below (since you're not the guilty one on all of those links)

Adbanners have been shown to serve malware MANY TIMES...

Evidences are per the partial list only below (23 incidences spanning a few years now)

That, as well as the fact processing ads takes up YOUR electrical power, cpu time, memory space, & other forms of I/O, like disk (that really cost with std. hdds since you're MOVING things), AND YOUR SPEED/BANDWIDTH YOU PAID FOR too...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/16/bing_yahoo_malware_ads/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/24/malware_ads_google_yahoo/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/24/doubleclick_distributes_malware/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/30/excite_and_rhapsody_rogue_ads/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/16/google_sponsored_links/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/13/doubleclick_distributes_malware/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/11/yahoo_serves_12million_malware_ads/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/23/real_media_serves_malware/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/13/doubleclick_msn_malware_attacks/

http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/02/02/1433210/Attacks-Targeting-Classified-Ad-Sites-Surge

http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/01/20/0228258/Hackers-Respond-To-Help-Wanted-Ads-With-Malware

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2007/11/doubleclick

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/12/microsoft_ips_hijacked/

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/13/0128249/Two-Major-Ad-Networks-Found-Serving-Malware

http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/06/15/2056219/The-Next-Ad-You-Click-May-Be-a-Virus

http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/09/13/2346229

http://apcmag.com/microsoft_apologises_for_serving_malware.htm