"Tim Smith" <reply_in_group@mouse-potato.com> wrote in message
news:2gmdneWZtc5KL42iXTWJjg@speakeasy.net...
> In article <vh0a5iikjeprfb@corp.supernews.com>, mto wrote:
> > Well - YES. And MSNBC and MSN and FoxNews and and and Oh and lets
> > not forget Yahoo, where my daughter got a driveby porn toolbar
installed!
> > The crap comes with the advertisements. You will particularly notice
this
> > if
>
> I've visted all those sites repeatedly from Windows without any ad
blockers
> or other protection software running--and acquired no spyware or toolbars
at
> all (verified by Spybot and AdAware, as well as careful examination of the
> computer). I do now use a pop-up blocker when surfing from Windows,
though,
> because the pop-ups are so damned annoying.
>
> --
> Evidence Eliminator is worthless: www.evidence-eliminator-sucks.com
> --Tim Smith

I've had to abort spyware downloads at least once a day from each of those
sites over the last 10 days or so. Appears to be related to whichever ad is
being served up at the minute rather than a specific page. Not sure the
sites themselves are necessarily even aware that their advertisers are doing
this - sure Yahoo would have fits.