Malware Delivered By Yahoo, Fox, Google Ads

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."

Comments

Re:One lesson to learn

[theaveng]

Beck, O'reilly and Hannity have said multiple times that they are biased conservatives or libertarians.

That you did not know that indicates you know nothing about FOX because you apparently don't watch it. How do you judge something as "junk" if you don't watch it? Hmmm. Must be magic.

Re:One lesson to learn

[theaveng]

SLASHDOT FAQ:

"Concentrate more on promoting (adding points) rather than on demoting (subtracting points). The real goal here is to find the juicy good stuff and let others read it. Do not promote personal agendas. Do not let your opinions factor in. Try to be impartial about this.

"Simply disagreeing with a comment is not a valid reason to mark it down. Likewise, agreeing with a comment is not a valid reason to mark it up. The goal here is to share ideas. To sift through the haystack and find needles. And to keep the children who like to spam Slashdot in check."

Re:One lesson to learn

[theaveng]

FOX presents opinions as facts

Ditto ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN. When you hear someone like Katie Couric say something like, "Colon exams should be free," she is presenting an opinion as fact. All of these TV outlets do it.