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When Malware Strikes via Bad Ads on Good Sites
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Posted by Donster on: 2010-03-12 15:10:32 235
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By Elinor Mills @ CNET News
Matt Drudge and Michael Arrington found themselves this week in an unpleasant position when visitors to their respective Drudge Report and TechCrunch sites were targeted by malware that appeared to have come from ads.
While Drudge vehemently denied it and blamed accusers of playing politics, Arrington acknowledged on Thursday that there had been malware-laden ads on TechCrunch on Wednesday. It's unclear which ad network served up the malware and what type of malware it was, although it was determined to be an ad running JavaScript, he said.
Who is responsible for malware in ads, Web site owners or ad networks and delivery firms?
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