Munich Linux Migration Back On Course

*.vibrantmedia.com*

This caught me out. I hate ads, but having scripts that produce a text ad as your mouse moves over a keyword in the story is quite offensive to me, it feels dirty in the same way pop-ups are a nasty distraction. Never seen this type before.

I don't see what you're talking about. Maybe my browser lacks the features needed to see these ads.

dave

They have a javascript running, and certain words are made to look like hyperlinks. When you move your mouse cursor over them they are not links but bring up a little dialogue box full of text, that appears to be advertising. The first mention of the word migration is one of them. My browser at the moment is Firefox.

this is wierd. I've tried it in Galeon, Firefox, Netscape 4 and Mozilla 1.6 and still none of the words appear as links. JS is enabled in all the browsers. Well, oh well.

dave

Hmmm, I don't see it in Mozilla either, even when viewing the source. I did already have some of the JS sites blocked though, and added vibrantmedia to my block list just in case. :)

I just read an excellent two part article on incidents.org that reminded me of this thread (even though they are likely not related at all):

Follow the Bouncing Malware - part I: http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?date=2004-07-23

Follow the Bouncing Malware - part II: http://www.incidents.org/diary.php?date=2004-08-23

Too bad it isn't about Linux, it would make a great read for this site. I suppose it is another fine example of why you would be better off with Linux.

Void - Excellent articles, I want to read part three - that is good stuff. More security reporting should be like this, it is actually interesting.

Well guess what the strange activity only seems to happen on my crippled system (M$ME), which I have to use at work (In-house apps).

Aha, so maybe you were caught up in the bouncing Malware? :)