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NY Times serving up malware today
- Tangurena 17y agoI guess folks who depend on advertising, and ad networks, need to be a bit more careful about who they sell ads to.
- seiji 17y agoCrockford sums it up as (paraphrasing): We take time to perform all actions diligently and with the utmost regard towards security and privacy -- unless you pay us. And, with all good standards, you get multiple choices for a solution. Crockford prefers his adsafe over Google's caja. http://www.adsafe.org/ http://www.adsafe.org/ http://code.google.com/p/google-caja/ http://code.google.com/p/google-caja/
- pg 17y agoThis happened to me yesterday. When I went to an NYT story, I was redirected to this "virus scan" page.
- hrabago 17y agoHappened to me yesterday, too, from an HN link - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=819367 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=819367
- kajecounterhack 17y agoSame. I eventually refreshing a bunch of times recycled the ads and I was able to view the article without an annoying redirect.
- Locke1689 17y agoSame, but it happened on my iphone. I won't tell you how strange it was to see a "virus scan" in a Windows XP window on my iphone.
- Tangurena 17y agoDid it look something like this? http://imgur.com/1Lycn.png http://imgur.com/1Lycn.png
- earl 17y agoYeah, I noticed. I thought my gf had been on my computer again, so I checked with my work laptop. Nope, it was the NYT.
- windsurfer 17y agoGood thing they put up everything behind a registration wall.
- GiraffeNecktie 17y agoIs this another sign that newspapers are getting even more desperate for advertising revenue?
- brown9-2 17y agoAt least it was accidental, and not intentional... If that counts.