Who blocks the (ad)blockers?
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With the New York Times picking up the recent story of the (mostly minor) anti Adblock Plus protest, its worth looking into the subject, and seeing just where a webmaster/adblock developer arms race could take us.
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On 20 November 2004, a major malicious-code attack emerged targeting European Web sites via banner ads. This two-step attack exploits two previously identified security vulnerabilities: the Bofra (or IFRAME
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An ad snafu prevents a lot of you from being able to read our site today. Wired News apologizes for the screw-up.
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Exclusive A CD lock-in tech that only annoys P2P traders?
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The Justice Department begins a nationwide crackdown against spammers. Also: The EU extends its review of Microsoft's deal with Time Warner & hellip;. Sprint finds a third cable partner to offer VoIP & hellip;. and more.
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Striking out against spammers (sounds good already!) Lycos have developed a screensaver that should help to put the nasty blighters out of business.
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Microsoft is now selling Ask.com Sponsored Listings via its Microsoft adManager search marketing service. In addition to the MSN adCenter sponsored search ads sold via Microsoft, its customers can now use the service to purchase and manage search campaigns throughout Ask.com. adManager helps you advertise your business to the right people&#8212;those already searching for what you [...]
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Some want tighter control of ads, in part to stem overuse of pills.
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Over the course of the Search Engine Strategies Chicago conference last week Search Engine Journal covered the Google AdSense Clickfraud Botnet story broken by WebmasterRadio.fm&#8217;s Jim Hedger which claims that click fraud is rampant, action is not being done to stop it, Google is not blocking IP addresses from the restricted blacklist of spammers, AdSense [...]
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Security experts warn of banner ads with a bad attitude--and a link to malicious code. Also: Phishers, be gone.
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Advertisements placed by Google in  Web pages are being hijacked by so-called trojan software that  replaces the intended text with ads from a different provider,  Romanian antivirus company BitDefender says.
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Yahoo and Google are facing a challenge from a tiny adversary named Quigo Technologies over contextual text ads online.
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30 What is it? THE annoying advertising messages plastered across web pages. At least online companies have largely scrapped 'pop-up' ads in favour of more sophisticated messages these days.  How important is it? HUGELY.
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Most internet users try to ignore banner ads, but web designer Tari Akpodiete can't stop collecting them. She's put her collection of 15,000 ad samples online for all who care to look. By Daniel Terdiman.
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A new device capable of detecting and throttling encrypted BitTorrent traffic hits the shelves. The game of cat and mouse between ISPs and BitTorrent users continues. In Monkey Bites.
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Most users think their computer is safe from adware and spyware--but they're wrong.
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Who tests the testers? Microsoft's Windows Defender has once again come under criticism for alleged shortcomings in blocking invasive spyware applications.â¦