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    "Online ads put web users at risk to viruses" says Avast

    Avast! exposes negligence and poor security of major online advertising agents. Yahoo and FOX Audience Network top the list of compromised online ad servers delivering malware and virus filled adverts to innocent web users; Google ad serving platforms also affected



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    http://www.avast.com/pr-online-ads-put-web-users-at-risk

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    http://blog.avast.com/2010/02/18/ads-poisoning-%E2%80%93-jsprontexi/

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    Quote Originally Posted by ashwin View Post
    Avast! exposes negligence and poor security of major online advertising agents. Yahoo and FOX Audience Network top the list of compromised online ad servers delivering malware and virus filled adverts to innocent web users; Google ad serving platforms also affected



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    http://www.avast.com/pr-online-ads-put-web-users-at-risk

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    http://blog.avast.com/2010/02/18/ads-poisoning-%E2%80%93-jsprontexi/
    Yeah I heard about it too.It's better to stay away off ads and from suspicious links...

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    Use No-script or Ad-block. Nuff said :-)

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    Also don't forget WOT and analogx products for pops-ups and ads.

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    Good into.. Rule: Block all ads....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grr View Post
    Good into.. Rule: Block all ads....
    Blocking all ads is never a solution. Even though everyone can hate the ads, these ads are helpful in making blogs stay oline if nothing else. Blogs as everyone of you know are a great source of information. IF ads were not there, most of the good blogs would have been dead even before starting. Money is needed to make blog stay online.

    so better solution is more precaution at the ad serving companies like yahoo, google etc plus increased awareness among users.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Avinash View Post
    Blocking all ads is never a solution. Even though everyone can hate the ads, these ads are helpful in making blogs stay oline if nothing else. Blogs as everyone of you know are a great source of information. IF ads were not there, most of the good blogs would have been dead even before starting. Money is needed to make blog stay online.

    so better solution is more precaution at the ad serving companies like yahoo, google etc plus increased awareness among users.
    You can block ads of sites you dont trust, i use no script to test "temporary allow all pages", if anything looks suspicious i revoke the rule, else i make it permanent.
    A-squared anti-malware pro also helps blocking certain parts of websites, i have used that on a PC.
    Last edited by Ashwin; 25-03-10 at 02:19 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ashwin View Post
    You can block ads of sites you dont trust, i use no script to test "temporary allow all pages", if anything looks suspicious i revoke the rule, else i make it permanent.
    A-squared anti-malware pro also helps blocking certain parts of websites, i have used that on a PC.
    That is what I also do with NoScript...

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    [lang=tr]teşekkürler ama ben inanmıyorum..[/lang]

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    AdBlock Plus FTW!

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