Maureen Dowd knows the score

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/opini ... mc=thOp-Ed

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She hits hard. Since Molly Ivins died she is all I got going. I read everyone of her columns.

FYI

It scared the hell out of me when I clicked on the link. I use Avast antivirus software. When I clicked on the link Avast warned me that a malicious "redirect" virus was trying to load and Avast stopped it from loading. I was shocked that The NY TImes would try to put a virus on my computer. This morning I read the following on the NY Times website:

What to Do If You Saw an ‘Antivirus’ Pop-Up Ad
By Riva Richmond

Some nasty ads have hit the Web browsers of visitors to NYTimes.com and some other sites in recent days. The ads, which are not authorized or endorsed by The Times, can “hijack” a person’s browser and make it appear as if a scan for viruses is running. They then promote some so-called antivirus software that is itself virus-like. The Times believes it has eliminated these ads, but if they popped up on your screen, here’s what you need to know about your computer’s security.

While all of the details of how these particular ads operate are not yet clear, it is unlikely that they pose a real threat to Mac or Linux computers, since the downloads they try to push appear to work only on Windows machines. If you are a Windows user and saw a suspicious antivirus warning on your screen, it is possible that the ad’s creators infected your computer with a malicious program, even if you avoided all contact with it. “Click or not, the user could still get infected,” said Neil Deswani, a founder of Dasient, a security firm that specializes in Web site security issues.

Some similar antivirus scams have been known to use security vulnerabilities in Web browsers to automatically install malicious software in what are known as drive-by downloads, Mr. Deswani said. As a precaution, those who encountered a pop-up warning should run a scan using their favorite (legitimate) antivirus software...

The rest of the story here:
http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/200 ... -up-ad/?hp

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More on this:

NY Times Site Serves Up Browser Hijack


Learning from the NY Times Attack Ad
Erik larkin

Sep 14, 2009 1:31 pm

The NYTimes.com site warned Sunday that it had inadvertently displayed an "unauthorized advertisement" over the weekend that tried to use fake malware warnings to trick viewers into installing scareware.

The various analyses of this attack point to a browser hijack, which uses Javascript to display the fake scan warnings in modified browser windows. As long as you're not tricked into downloading any software, security experts say this type of attack is relatively harmless. But fake malware warnings can also signal an existing malware infection on your PC.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/171941/l ... _t_cbintro

Dowd's latest column on Joe Wilson

Rapping Joe’s Knuckles

[jimboloco]

Hey Ms. Prynne!
my homey sistah Shawn the jazznut
night charge rn bossy lady
told me about that article
it was posted in th St Pete Times also
they usually print her weekly column in the Sunday Perspective section
but this time they posted it into the weektime op-ed page

when i came back and told her i had read it and thanks
i saw a glimmer of fear and pain in a normally assertive, bold face
and we are connecting deep down
now
i told her once again
it's the deathknell of the old paradigm
the historical dialectic
we re turning over old stones now

giterdonne!

the only trojans i saw were on the shelf in the drugstore, man
they spozed ta stop virusesis

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jimboloco wrote:

the only trojans i saw were on the shelf in the drugstore, man
they spozed ta stop virusesis

Lou Costello wrote:

I saw what I saw when I saw it

News at avast
Clearly Malicious
Malware is getting more malicious, with a new round of bogus advertisements attempting to defraud or infect hitting well-known web sites like the New York Times.
Avast recognized the new threat from the beginning, according to the NYTimes “Gadgetwise” blog. Bogus ads on the NYTimes were flagged by avast running on the journalist’s own computer.
The newest attacks show how the battleground for computer security has shifted from email to the internet, with around 80 percent of all new infections now originating via the internet.
To remain protected, pay attention to avast warnings. If avast blocks access to your favorite sites, trust us - there is a reason.
http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/200 ... pop-up-ad/

I hope you have done a virus scan on your computer theda girl.
I am not saying it is your fault or anything
If you can't trust the NYTIMES who can you trust?
I mean shit, if not for them we might be seeing a mushroom cloud over Mule Shoe Texas.
They never fucking appologized for letting that virus slip into their website. I wonder if they ever appoligized for leading the band wagon into Iraq.
I suppose being the NY TIMES means you never have to say you are sorry.

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Gandhi Wuz Robbed

Maureen Dowd.