Sadly the advertisers (or advertising middle men/people) who care the least about who is sent their way (and will therefor pay a decent rate totally independent of marketing data) are also the ones who put the least effort into policing the inputs into their systems. And I don't think many top tier advertising companies want to deal with someone as gray market (perceived or not) Mangafox.
So someone who is looking to grow/maintain their botnet can pay a relatively minor amount* and be almost guaranteed a decent tic in exposure. Whether or not said exposure translates into more infected computers is a more complicated issue.
* depending on how long term they are looking to deal with a specific company, the bot-hearders may pay via stolen credit cards. Or actual money, if the CPM is less than what they can get for the personal information harvested from the machines.
I'll echo Catty with the recommendation for NoScript, also Flashblock. They cut out 99% of the avenues of attack for a third party.
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy
So someone who is looking to grow/maintain their botnet can pay a relatively minor amount* and be almost guaranteed a decent tic in exposure. Whether or not said exposure translates into more infected computers is a more complicated issue.
* depending on how long term they are looking to deal with a specific company, the bot-hearders may pay via stolen credit cards. Or actual money, if the CPM is less than what they can get for the personal information harvested from the machines.
I'll echo Catty with the recommendation for NoScript, also Flashblock. They cut out 99% of the avenues of attack for a third party.
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy