blog.washingtonpost.com — Virus writers have been gaming Google's "sponsored links" -- the paid ads shown alongside search engine results. They are aiming to get their malicious software installed on computers whose users click onto ad links after searching for legitimate sites such as BBBonline.org,
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aidanjalaliApr 26, 2007
Curious.....What I saw on the side of this digg page: <a class="user" href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v345/Aidanjalali/freevirus.jpg">http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v345/Aidanjalali/freevirus.jpg</a>
clichemonsterApr 26, 2007
The issue is, of course, that people expect an ad network like Google to have checks in place to keep this kind of thing from happening. It shows that the web is full of the same kind of blind consumerism that allows us to sue for spilling hot coffee in our laps. The "I should be able to buy things with as little regard for what I'm doing as I'd like, but be protected because the act of buying something makes me special" attitude is antiquated in the "real world', and online.Switch browsers, update your browsers, be aware of what you're clicking - not because you're doing Google or MS or Mozilla a favor, but because being a responsible, informed consumer is the RIGHT THING TO DO.
boomshakalakaApr 26, 2007
"I'll not tell you what he does, because its soo simple, everyone would do it.....and then my mate wouldnt be able to keep under the radar anymore!"he's placing small classified ads in newspapers and magazines, isn't he? i'll bet he, as a high school dropout, will be a multi-millionaire by 19 and only then, when he realizes that his secret can save the world will he go on television and peddle a set of books for $149.95 that will lay his secrets out. it'll be fantabulous! a home business revolution where no one will have to go to work ever again!
pandalumeApr 26, 2007
@yornI'm not a "blogger". My web site is in my profile.
pandalumeApr 26, 2007
@yornGot cut off there. Try again...I remember the web before IE (before Netscape even) and it was a pretty dry and boring place. Yes, ideas were exchanged freely but most people will agree that the Web really became exciting when professional people started developing content for it. People are simply more motivated to create quality content when they are getting paid for it. I am not a blogger (my website is in my profile) but I don't see what is wrong with placing value on ideas. Once ideas become worthless then all you will have are worthless ideas...
timdiggApr 26, 2007
bury
timdiggApr 26, 2007
naw...vista is soo far from conscious it's not even funnyIn fact I'm more likely to read "Vista" as "Virus"
jorgegtApr 26, 2007
His site is a small, unknow wallpaper website called Digital Blasphemy, for the lazy ones out there...I also remember the old days (luminiscent fungus from digital blasphemy included) and I prefer the professional high quality of the websites of today, with ellaborated designs and useful features wich are, incredibly, free (look the free account in many sites, like all the Google services, Flickr, etc) - because the money comes from the ads. I use AdSense but... how many millions of users don't know they can avoid advertisements?I understand everyone has the right to get money from his work, and I prefer to have to see ads rather than have to pay money.
indicasApr 26, 2007
I would venture to say the majority of web users do not have AdBlocker installed. If you knew how much money could be made with AdSense/AdWords you would quit your day job..
astrotrainApr 27, 2007
Firefox + AdBlock + CustomizeGoogle = What Google Ads?