> After years of serving malware through ads and doing nothing to stop it, I occasionally see articles to that effect. But I have never been effected by such m

> After years of serving malware through ads and doing nothing to stop it, I occasionally see articles to that effect. But I have never been effected by such malware. And that includes 20+ years on the web, including the seedier corners, and without ever taking special measures like anti-virus. As far as I can tell, this 'ad-distributed malware' are a few cases far between, completely blown out of proportions to justify peoples' use of ad blockers.