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Google Deletes Rogue Ads, Dangers Persist
An anonymous reader writes passed us a link to a PC World article about attempts by Google to curb malicious ads via their popular service. The article is somewhat bleak, though, because researchers see the fix as nothing more than temporary. "'Search engines are just too easy a target for bad guys,' says Roger Thompson of Exploit Security Labs. On April 25, Exploit Prevention Labs reported that malware distributors were using advertisements placed via Google's automated AdWords system to infect unsuspecting end-users with spyware designed to capture bank login user names and passwords."
Now I remember why this topic seems familiar. M$'s search engines were recently shown to have far more malware than others. So it's a double M$ issue - they suck on the desktop and people take advantage of their search engine to blow out users of both.
DMCA, Hollings, Palladium. What might have sounded like paranoia is now common sense.
How's that for cold water on this Google slam?
So reporting an issue is a "slam" now? That is, unless it's about "M$", right?
"This is bad, but look over here, some more bad stuff and creative spelling!!"
I bet you're a big fan of Faux News.