Malware Delivered By Yahoo, Fox, Google Ads

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday March 23, 2010 @02:14AM from the this-is-only-going-to-hurt-a-bit dept.

WrongSizeGlass writes "CNET is reporting that Avast has tracked over 2.6 million instances of malware that have been served up to unsuspecting web surfers since last December by ad services such as Yahoo's Yield Manager, Fox Audience Network's Fimserve.com and even some from Google's DoubleClick. Some high-profile sites include The New York Times, Drudge Report.com, TechCrunch and WhitePages.com. The practice has been dubbed 'malvertising.' I usually suspect the users of 'careless web activity' when I delouse a PC, but now I'm going to have to give some the benefit of the doubt."

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Re:One lesson to learn by oldspewey · 2010-03-23 03:20 · Score: 0, Flamebait

CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, et cetera have a pro-government and anti-individual-liberty bias
Fox zombie detected in commodore64_love
[E]rase, [D]isinfect, [M]ove to Vault, [I]gnore?

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Re:One lesson to learn by commodore64_love · 2010-03-23 04:08 · Score: 0, Flamebait

"Easily duped by politicians" citizen detected.
Would probably have fit in 1930s Germeny with ease.

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