FoxNews.com Serving Up Infected Ads? Banner ads hoisting bogus AV scamware on users... Users in our security forum have discovered that advertisements delivered via the FoxNews.com website have been using popup malware to force-deliver artificial anti-virus malware onto the PCs of unsuspecting visitors (of which Fox has countless millions). One of our more skilled scambusters and "malvertising" gurus has further dissected (with photos) the exact scumware delivery mechanism at work here -- and notes that users don't even need to click on an ad banner at the website in order to get infected. The vsm_free_setup.exe forced download the ads are instituting originates from Russia or the Ukraine, and appears to involve a keylogger.







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45612019 (banned)

join:2004-02-05

New York, NY 2 recommendations 45612019 (banned) Member Well It just goes along with Fox's policy of polluting minds. Might as well pollute computers while they're at it. BHNtechXpert

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join:2006-02-16

Saint Petersburg, FL 3 edits 2 recommendations BHNtechXpert Premium Member Nice Job Karl - Once again spewing your "view" on things... Ya know Karl....



If it were any other person originating this post it probably wouldn't have mattered but in your case this is whole new low for you.



It's bad enough you are a well documented Telco shill (and the mere mention of Verizon just turns you on doesn't it Karl) but now you have to inject your political viewpoint into what used to be a really great website.



You know d^mned well that Fox like most websites use banner feeds from other companies and at any time these feeds can be temporarily contaminated by a bad banner script. It's happened to EVERY website that uses ads that you can be sure of. Every webmaster including the operators of the Fox site work very hard to mitigate things like this but they still do happen.



It's not Fox's fault and I'm sure they are doing everything they can working with the vendor to resolve the issue. Anyone who has google or adbright or clicksor ads has experienced the same thing including this website Karl.



Do us all a favor Karl. Spare us your political bias....it's bad enough we have to tolerate your pro telco spew. I'm sure the left-wing nuts just love you though...so I guess you have some fans today.



(edited for punctuation only) apollo80

join:2002-01-31

Richmond, VA 2 recommendations apollo80 Member Everyone is biased... I knew that eventually people would come on here and bust on Fox News's content and get away from the issue of their web site.



I work in the media.



I'll make this clear.



EVERYONE is biased.



CNN, HLN, and MSNBC lean to the LEFT. PERIOD.



Fox News leans to the RIGHT. PERIOD.



NOBODY is "Fair and Balanced".

CrazyFingers

join:2003-10-01

Columbia, MO 2 recommendations CrazyFingers Member Fair and Balanced I applaud Fox News for their dedication to serving both Democrat and Republican, liberal and conservative, with the same spyware. I think it is a great leap forward for our country when you can be infected no matter what your personal politics. The world will always remember this day as the beginning of a new era when Fox News reached across the aisle in a gesture of good will and friendship and said "Come one, come all, malware does not see red or blue!"