How Malware Works Via Banner Ads

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How Malware Works Via Banner Ads



As many deviants know, deviantART has been working hard to combat malicious banner ads that infiltrate
our advertising network, and we've previously addressed this issue in
April 2011
and August 2011.  
In our ongoing effort to keep the deviantART community safe, we wanted to share the following
USA Today-produced
video that explains how malicious ads inundate the Web.











How Malicous Ads Inundate the Web



<object id="flashObj" width="486" height="322" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="download.macromedia.com/pub/sh…">
<param name="movie" value="c.brightcove.com/services/view…" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" value="videoId=1255807069001&playerID=102195605001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAABvaL8JE~,ufBHq_I6Fnyou4pHiM9gbgVQA16tDSWm&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" />
<param name="base" value="admin.brightcove.com" />
<param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false" />
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" />
<param name="swLiveConnect" value="true" />
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" />
<embed src="c.brightcove.com/services/view…" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=1255807069001&playerID=102195605001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAABvaL8JE~,ufBHq_I6Fnyou4pHiM9gbgVQA16tDSWm&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" base="admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="486" height="322" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" swLiveConnect="true" allowScriptAccess="always" pluginspage="www.macromedia.com/shockwave/d…"></embed>
</object>


(Source: USA Today)




Protect Yourself


Malware advertising is an Internet-wide problem that affects many of the Net's top sites.
Keeping your browser up to date is one of the best ways to ensure your computer's safety.
Additionally, anti-virus programs offer another level of protection against malvertisements.



We strongly recommend that you download the latest version of your favorite browser.




Reports of Malware and Virus Advertisements




Our Ongoing Battle Against Malicious Ads









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Malvertising: The use of online ads as a method of deploying malware.