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Malware straight to the lock screen now? Wow. This behaviour just goes to show the advertising industry still has no idea about real-world concerns and opinions
by proactivesvcs 11y ago
Malware straight to the lock screen now? Wow. This behaviour just goes to show the advertising industry still has no idea about real-world concerns and opinions on advertising. I wonder how long it'll take for this to start getting farmed out to malware brokers/bidding platforms that Microsoft's MSN uses, such as AppNexus, AdSpirit etc.
- gargravarr 11y agoThis is not specifically malware, just a blatant ad, but I expect it's only a matter of time before someone exploits it. Upload a booby-trapped image, let Bing categorise it and let the bombs start falling...
- recursive 11y agoIn your opinion, what is malware?
- proactivesvcs 11y agoMicrosoft's advertising. Specifically, those they choose to do business with allowing exploit kits to deliver malware payload, such as cryptolocker-style viruses.
- recursive 11y agoSo you're assuming that the channel this tomb raider wallpaper came through is able to transmit a virus? Or do you have knowledge that it's true?
- proactivesvcs 11y agoI know that Microsoft are not to be trusted with advertisements, and this is advertising. Who knows what executable code, like javascript, fonts or GDI+ objects, are involved with the wallpaper? If not today, what about tomorrow?