November 16, 2007

Yet another reason to use an ad blocker

Turns out that DoubleClick has been accepting advertisements from less-than-honorable customers, who are using those ads to try to install malware on PCs.

UPDATE: The following addresses go in my blacklist:

newbieadguide.com
fixthemnow.com
bsa.safetydownload.com

Posted by: Steven Den Beste in Weird World at 12:08 PM | Comments (2) | Add Comment
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1 Here's a large list of sites hosting this malware, supposedly from Doubleclick.

Posted by: Old Grouch at November 19, 2007 08:28 AM (t3osk)

2 It's good that DoubleClick got on the case and checked into this. Their own brand is in serious, serious jeopardy without major damage control.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at November 19, 2007 08:44 AM (+rSRq)

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