Tuesday, 20. November 2007
Topic: COMPUTER - on November 20, 2007 at 10:47:00 AM CET
Hackers Use Banner Ads on Major Sites to Hijack Your PC
The worst-case scenario used to be that online ads are pesky, memory-draining distractions. But a new batch of banner ads is much more sinister: They hijack personal computers and bully users until they agree to buy antivirus software. And the ads do their dirty work even if you don't click on them.The malware-spiked ads have been spotted on various legitimate websites, ranging from the British magazine The Economist to baseball's MLB.com to the Canada.com news portal.
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