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 02:38 · Score: 5, Funny

Indeed, and for people browsing Fox News, you don't even need a computer to be infected.

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If libertarians are so opposed to effective government, why don't they all move to Somalia?
malvertising? by Anonymous Coward · 2010-03-23 02:52 · Score: 3, Funny

how about badvertising?
Re:Good thing by Anonymous Coward · 2010-03-23 03:28 · Score: 1, Funny

Basically as more Windows machines become infected, the levels of smug exuded by Mac users can reach dangerous levels. In such an emergency oxygen masks will lower, help yourselves, then the children.