A good coverage with references at
http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/what-to-do-if-you-saw-an-antivirus-pop-up-ad/

too.

Juha-Matti

Juha-Matti Laurio [[email protected]] kirjoitti: 
> "OVER the weekend, some visitors to the Web site of The New York Times 
> received a nasty surprise.
> An unknown person or group sneaked a rogue advertisement onto the site’s 
> pages.
> 
> The malicious ad took over the browsers of many people visiting the site,
> as their screens filled with an image that seemed to show a scan for computer 
> viruses.
> The visitors were then told that they needed to buy antivirus software to fix 
> a problem,
> but the software was more snake oil than a useful program."
> --clip--
> 
> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/technology/internet/15adco.html?_r=3
>  


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