Yet another reason not to use IE! Old news?

["Fetch, Brandon" <BFetch () texpac com>]

Just visited a well known site (Wired.com) and had a nice little piece of
code cause the page that I was reading to go blank - DNS error page.
 
Here's the offending code (parentheses instead of slashes to not cause AV
scanning issues) and thank God I wasn't using XP:
 
ms-its:c:((windows(Help(iexplore.chm::)iegetsrt.htm
 
Is it any wonder why people are still picking up malware?  When reputable
sites use banner ad companies and these companies don't process or check
what their clients are providing, who's to be held responsible?
 
So you have a thrice-removed company being the perpetrator of infecting more
and more computers under the guise of a reputable site!
 
Yet another reason not to use IE for general Internet browsing!
 
Does someone happen to have a compiled list of 'bad' banner advertising
companies that allow this sort of behavior?  I'd be curious to see if any
other major web sites use those companies.
 
L8R
 
Brandon Fetch
817-871-4036
-- carpe ductum -- "Grab the tape"
 



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