tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291287351469784668.post2914243052911665689..comments2023-10-14T09:10:22.357-07:00Comments on Shearer Insanity: Malicious adsJames B. Shearerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13452342984383895221noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291287351469784668.post-37748713406771742332009-09-19T16:07:05.231-07:002009-09-19T16:07:05.231-07:00Still more about the malicious ad on the NYT web...Still <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/technology/internet/15adco.html" rel="nofollow"> more </a> about the malicious ad on the NYT website.James B. Shearerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13452342984383895221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291287351469784668.post-84550618867820695002009-09-16T10:49:10.944-07:002009-09-16T10:49:10.944-07:00I had two of these virus like items pop up. It was...I had two of these virus like items pop up. It was strange to see them since I had pop ups turned off. One viruslike piece of malware Advanced Visus Protection actually loaded....I may have been startled into clicking on it. I sent an email to McAfee, my firewll provider. Their suggestion was that I should find my own cleaner on the web. If I needed more help, I could talk to a technician at MacAfee for 80 dollars, who might be able to help me (or not). I am beginning to wonder why I am paying MacAfee to "protect" my hard drive.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14830629701752556960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291287351469784668.post-3013666887424098122009-09-14T14:33:44.663-07:002009-09-14T14:33:44.663-07:00Your web browser is a link in the chain of communi...Your web browser is a link in the chain of communication that leads from the suppliers of web pages to the monitor on your computer. There is no good reason why this link also should allow those suppliers to access other parts of your computer and possibly insert into them viruses or other malicious software. That vendors of browsers (I shall not name names; we know who they are) ever provided this capability and that they have yet to disable it attests to their incompetence. They of course tell us that they have done the best that is technically feasible, but I am only one of many computer scientists who know from personal experience that they are either displaying ignorance or being disingenuous.noknot-googlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18309109906526296035noreply@blogger.com