ComputerWorld - Defensive Computing: Defending against drive-by downloads

February 26, 2009
By Michael Horowitz

View a web page, get infected with malware.

Websense Security Labs recently reported that eWeek.com, the website of the computer magazine, was hosting malicious ads (which have since been removed). The ads didn't originate at eWeek.com, their true source was the DoubleClick ad network, but that's of little comfort to viewers of the website. The ads re-directed users to a malicious website that started to automatically install software. A drive-by download.

There are a ton of ways to defend against this.

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