Comment on Why you get viruses from DA... by StevenRoy
Here, you're implying that the ad itself is a virus - which is not always the case; it's the changes that the ads make, as far as I've noticed.
Using this, the only problems I get from ads, using Google Chrome and this [link] is tracking cookies and other cookie jazz (I'd have to disable my blocked cookie list entirely to get a screenshot of my anti-virus catching a crapload of them).
Mind pointing me to an antivirus screenshot so I can see what you're talking about? Maybe our cases go hand-in-hand.
Using this, the only problems I get from ads, using Google Chrome and this [link] is tracking cookies and other cookie jazz (I'd have to disable my blocked cookie list entirely to get a screenshot of my anti-virus catching a crapload of them).
Mind pointing me to an antivirus screenshot so I can see what you're talking about? Maybe our cases go hand-in-hand.
Yeah, that's not what I meant to imply. Let's see if I can clarify this:
In this screenshot, the virus is the file loaded into the 2x2 IFRAME (at the bottom of the red area) within the 1x1 IFRAME (above red area). Yes, that file is not the ad itself (good luck fitting a useful ad into a 1px square), but the code serving the virus comes (indirectly) from the same site serving the ad.
(As for cookies, yes, there are privacy concerns surrounding the way these ads use cookies, but that's actually not part of this process.)
You want a screenshot proving that the file I pointed out is a virus? Well, I hope [this] is good enough!
(Thanks for the +watch, by the way.)
In this screenshot, the virus is the file loaded into the 2x2 IFRAME (at the bottom of the red area) within the 1x1 IFRAME (above red area). Yes, that file is not the ad itself (good luck fitting a useful ad into a 1px square), but the code serving the virus comes (indirectly) from the same site serving the ad.
(As for cookies, yes, there are privacy concerns surrounding the way these ads use cookies, but that's actually not part of this process.)
You want a screenshot proving that the file I pointed out is a virus? Well, I hope [this] is good enough!
(Thanks for the +watch, by the way.)
Veracity and meaning confirmed. =]
I want you to post - in decent summary (I intend to paraphrase and re-word, but still credit you, so include links) - info about this issue in my news thread here: [link]
Once I have it re-written, you will surely (and massively) be credited. I'll also fire a link you a link via note so you can spread it around.
Also, you're welcome for the watch. We're on the same line of business. =]
I want you to post - in decent summary (I intend to paraphrase and re-word, but still credit you, so include links) - info about this issue in my news thread here: [link]
Once I have it re-written, you will surely (and massively) be credited. I'll also fire a link you a link via note so you can spread it around.
Also, you're welcome for the watch. We're on the same line of business. =]