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Could we get a nice red background for links to forbes? That is a site which distributed malware at least twice [1][2][3] and tries to force users to enable JS.
by yk 10y ago
Could we get a nice red background for links to forbes? That is a site which distributed malware at least twice [1][2][3] and tries to force users to enable JS.
[1] November 2014 http://www.businessinsider.com/forbescom-was-infected-by-chinese-malware-2015-2?IR=T http://www.businessinsider.com/forbescom-was-infected-by-chi...
[2] Sept. 8 to Sept. 15 https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2015/09/malvertising_attack.html https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2015/09/malvert...
[3] Possible distinct incident before January 2016 http://www.businessinsider.com/forbescom-was-infected-by-chinese-malware-2015-2?IR=T http://www.businessinsider.com/forbescom-was-infected-by-chi...
- DanielBMarkham 10y agoHear hear. And they refuse to allow any access through their paywall for folks with AdBlockers, even for Google referrals. I don't think we should be sending them any traffic at all.
- kristianp 10y agoInteresting, no problems here with uBlock Origin. This whole thing about distributing malware, isn't that a widespread problem with any website that uses ad networks? Is it fair to single out Forbes in this regard?
- flukus 10y agoDo the run their own ads like a lot of the bigger news sites do?