Re: The New York Times Web ads show security breach

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

A good coverage with references at
http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/what-to-do-if-you-saw-an-antivirus-pop-up-ad/

too.

Juha-Matti

Juha-Matti Laurio [juha-matti.laurio () netti fi] kirjoitti: 
> "OVER the weekend, some visitors to the Web site of The New York Times received a nasty surprise.
> An unknown person or group sneaked a rogue advertisement onto the site’s pages.
>
> The malicious ad took over the browsers of many people visiting the site,
> as their screens filled with an image that seemed to show a scan for computer viruses.
> The visitors were then told that they needed to buy antivirus software to fix a problem,
> but the software was more snake oil than a useful program."
> --clip--
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/technology/internet/15adco.html?_r=3
>  


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