Details of hijacked 24/7 ad server emerge

[NightWarrior]

October 21, 2007 (Computerworld) -- Hackers have hijacked a server operated by Internet advertising company 24/7 Real Media Inc. and are using it to seed legitimate Web sites with ads carrying attack code, Symantec Corp. said Friday. Windows users who visited sites with the attacking ads were infected if they browsed with Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer and had RealNetworks Inc.'s popular RealPlayer media player program installed on their PCs, Symantec said in an analysis written by three company researchers. This is the first time that malware has piggybacked on Internet ads served from a major advertising firm.

Details of hijacked 24/7 ad server emerge

 

[Tim]

Just one more reason to use FireFox

 

[GraceAbounds]

Just one more reason to use FireFox

My thoughts exactly Tim.

 

[NightWarrior]

Just one more reason to use FireFox

If they all would adopt one standard for javascript, among other things I would agree. I don't like having to code for xx amount of browsers. Enough already!