Banner ads spread viruses - bit-tech.net Forums

CardJoe · 16th Nov 2007, 14:05

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/11...read_viruses/1

Browsers of legitimate sites such as Canada.com and MLB.com may find an unpleasant surprise on the sites - a virus contained in the banner ads.

airchie · 16th Nov 2007, 14:21

A modified hosts file combined with NoScript pretty much keeps me safe IMO.

samkiller42 · 16th Nov 2007, 14:27

What about the ad's around bit-tech, can we ba assured they don't contain any nastys?

Sam

Lowsidex2 · 16th Nov 2007, 14:27

I LOVE my ad and banner blocker even more now. Even Bit-Tech is annoying with all those animations going off everywhere. But I am careful about where I go and don't run a virus program. It seems most malware just disables them anyway.

Silver51 · 16th Nov 2007, 15:16

I know disabling ads and not clicking on them hurts sites like Bit-Tech*, but web advertising is becoming so much more invasive these days. Video ads which slow page loading. Flashing, blinking and audio ads making it difficult to concentrate on page contents. I used to disable web ads in the days of 56k, but these days I do it for a quiet life.

I always felt that there was a threat of malware or something nasty coming from advertising. It wants you to buy something, but I just won't part with my cash if I have a bad feeling about the link.

*Which is disabled if I like the look of the full page art on the font page. Clicked on the Crysis link a couple of days ago.

Hiren · 16th Nov 2007, 15:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by samkiller42

What about the ad's around bit-tech, can we ba assured they don't contain any nastys?

Sam

Yes you can, we test internally before putting stuff live on the site.

The_Pope · 16th Nov 2007, 15:29

We also don't use DoubleClick

DrFreeze · 16th Nov 2007, 15:55

ugh, yet another reason to addblock the living crap out of the internet

(and off course, run linux bwahahahahahahahahaha)

Silver51 · 16th Nov 2007, 16:40

Giving it some thought, ads wouldn't be so bad if they were actually useful.

Say, for example, hardware ads on bit which gave you multiple click through options. Personally I have a number of trusted places I'd rather buy hardware from on the internet, but if banner ads gave you more information; multiple resellers, listed prices, p+p, availability etc, it would make them more of a service than a hindrance.

-EVRE- · 16th Nov 2007, 17:11

^^ Silver51^^ makes a good point.

I'm running AVG even tho its not the best... it eats ALOT of cpu horse power.
*Thats why I want a tri core! :b I dont care if its a failed quad core*

Icy EyeG · 16th Nov 2007, 17:25

I can't see this news title nor the comment count on the front page.... Is there anything wrong?
I've tried on IE and FireFox...

RTT · 16th Nov 2007, 17:46

I got this the other day - I was on PC Mag or Download.com or something and a new window opened from nowhere, pretended to do a spyware scan, found OMG BAD SPYWARE and then downloaded an exe to my desktop.

I laughed though, since i was on OS X at the time

Quote:

I can't see this news title nor the comment count on the front page.... Is there anything wrong?
I've tried on IE and FireFox...

Don't worry - the site is cached. It will catch up (it has now)

zoom314 · 16th Nov 2007, 18:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrFreeze

ugh, yet another reason to adblock the living crap out of the internet

(and off course, run linux bwahahahahahahahahaha)

Ditto, Couldn't agree more.

E.E.L. Ambiense · 16th Nov 2007, 18:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by CardJoe

...a virus contained in the banner ads.

So do many of my ex's.

Seriously, that sucks though. But not uncommon, I suppose.

pendragon · 16th Nov 2007, 20:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by The_Pope

We also don't use DoubleClick

omg, thank you! there's enough of their crap on the internet as it is!

Tyinsar · 16th Nov 2007, 22:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by pendragon

Quote:

Originally Posted by The_Pope

We also don't use DoubleClick

omg, thank you! there's enough of their crap on the internet as it is!

I was about to say the same thing

The_Beast · 16th Nov 2007, 22:29

I don't like ads, 1 in 100 are actually useful

samkiller42 · 16th Nov 2007, 22:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hiren

Yes you can, we test internally before putting stuff live on the site.

Well thats good to know then, cheers for answering.

Sam

duc · 16th Nov 2007, 23:00

I don't mind the ads on Bit-tech as its not intrusive and doesn't freeze-up waiting for a response from an ad-server, ie Hexus.

jakenbake · 16th Nov 2007, 23:23

it could be worse. they could do those underlined keyword things that pop up when you scroll over them. most annoying thing EVER.

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Lowsidex2 Multimodder Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: USA Posts: 224	I LOVE my ad and banner blocker even more now. Even Bit-Tech is annoying with all those animations going off everywhere. But I am careful about where I go and don't run a virus program. It seems most malware just disables them anyway.

16th Nov 2007, 15:16	#5
Silver51 I cast flare! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Cornwall Posts: 1,194	I know disabling ads and not clicking on them hurts sites like Bit-Tech, but web advertising is becoming so much more invasive these days. Video ads which slow page loading. Flashing, blinking and audio ads making it difficult to concentrate on page contents. I used to disable web ads in the days of 56k, but these days I do it for a quiet life. I always felt that there was a threat of malware or something nasty coming from advertising. It wants you to buy something, but I just won't part with my cash if I have a bad feeling about the link. Which is disabled if I like the look of the full page art on the font page. Clicked on the Crysis link a couple of days ago.

16th Nov 2007, 15:29	#7
The_Pope Geoff Richards Moderator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: UK Posts: 2,089	We also don't use DoubleClick

16th Nov 2007, 15:55	#8
DrFreeze Minimodder Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 41	ugh, yet another reason to addblock the living crap out of the internet (and off course, run linux bwahahahahahahahahaha)

16th Nov 2007, 16:40	#9
Silver51 I cast flare! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Cornwall Posts: 1,194	Giving it some thought, ads wouldn't be so bad if they were actually useful. Say, for example, hardware ads on bit which gave you multiple click through options. Personally I have a number of trusted places I'd rather buy hardware from on the internet, but if banner ads gave you more information; multiple resellers, listed prices, p+p, availability etc, it would make them more of a service than a hindrance.

16th Nov 2007, 23:00	#19
duc Minimodder Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 37	I don't mind the ads on Bit-tech as its not intrusive and doesn't freeze-up waiting for a response from an ad-server, ie Hexus.

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jakenbake full duplex Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Ohio, USA Posts: 494	it could be worse. they could do those underlined keyword things that pop up when you scroll over them. most annoying thing EVER. __________________ 1 + 1 = 10