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Ironically, I've been having this problem for ...

2009-11-30T04:27:44.009Z

Ironically, I've been having this problem for the past couple of days. Since I dare not go back to BC because of it, I have no way to notify them. Ah well.

The problem with these Flash based malware distrib...

2009-03-14T19:24:00.000Z

The problem with these Flash based malware distributing adverts is that you don't have to click on them to get infected. See here for more details. http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid14_gci1341749,00.html

It is really important to keep flash up to date and also important for Web sites like BC not to allow their ads to run scripts.

I didnt click any of the advts in BC. Even then my...

2009-03-14T10:58:00.000Z

I didnt click any of the advts in BC. Even then my pc was attacked after i visited BC. Though my AV could remove the trojan, it reloaded after every reboot. I then ran the AV/Firewall upgrade to get rid of this problem. It was annoying and i had a horrible time for 2 days.

How can this trojan attack my pc without my clicking the advts? Something fishy? Is BC becoming unreliable?

Polybore published a fact..supported with a Google...

2009-03-13T05:05:00.000Z

Polybore published a fact..supported with a Google Report at that. I find his subsequent analyses (on the kinds of ads that were put up by BC on their site) revelatory and helpful, because I got aware of such ads and specific malicious sites.

What I couldn't understand is why a very balanced and unbiased article like this could still be branded as "flaming".

Flaming what?

thanks for this information until now i still cann...

2009-03-13T04:13:00.000Z

thanks for this information until now i still cannot open my viewers from my blog cause the security warning will come out. hope BC will soon fix it

Alan, Polybore appreciates that BC need to carry a...

2009-03-12T22:34:00.000Z

Alan, Polybore appreciates that BC need to carry ads to generate income and Polybore enjoys using the BC site. However if you are so cool with ads on BC why are you running an ad blocker?

Not quite sure how you can say Polybore is flaming anyone. All Polybore has done is report what happened and suggested that BC be a bit more circumspect about the ads they run.

Polybore is sure

feh. you aren't serving Any ads on this site (o...

2009-03-12T21:48:00.000Z

feh. you aren't serving Any ads on this site (or else my ad block plus is succeeding). BC serves up huge numbers of ads in order to support a very professional destination web site. As soon as the problem was brought to their attention they began trying to solve the problem in three different ways (appealing to Google, removing the ad and changing the URL's) and you are Still flaming

Yup that might also explain why something just kic...

2009-03-12T19:59:00.000Z

Yup that might also explain why something just kicked my Firewall right out, this was weeks ago when the site was crashing. I had to call my company to get them to reinstall the Firewall and they still can't tell me what kicked it out but of course I am not speculating that it is linked to BC but it was suspicious.

Thanks for the positive feedback everyone.

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2009-03-12T19:28:00.000Z

Thanks for the positive feedback everyone.

lisleman, regarding how long it will take to fix, it is difficult to say. Provided BC identify and take down the guilty ads the risk will be over. The problem now though is that Google have flagged BC, specifically blogcatalog.com/users as "This site may harm your computer". So the warnings will not cease until Google is satisfied that the risk

I loved your post. Thank you very much. You expl...

2009-03-12T17:29:00.000Z

I loved your post. Thank you very much. You explained the whole situation in a far better way than anyone else I've read over at BC. Thank you.

Excellent post, too bad BC choose to lock your dis...

2009-03-12T16:58:00.000Z

Excellent post, too bad BC choose to lock your discussion link to this blog post too but we can come here and discuss the topic freely. This explains a lot of the crashing, flashing ads, malware and spyware coming out of BC lately not to mention that I did remove all my Communities from BC because I suspected something funky going on but there are many reasons besides that why I did choose to

thanks for this post
now how long does this ta...

2009-03-12T16:40:00.000Z

thanks for this post
now how long does this take to clear up?

I encountered the block this morning and was shock...

2009-03-12T15:57:00.000Z

I encountered the block this morning and was shocked -- thought the block was malware! Very annoying since now you can't do anything on BC, even visit your own profile. I found that direct links in my old email notes work -- go figure.

I also complained about the flashing ads which are so distracting and force you to page half-way down the page to get to pertinent information. The

Thank you for this post. It explains a lot includ...

2009-03-12T15:53:00.000Z

Thank you for this post. It explains a lot including the issue with BC crashing nearly non-stop last week. I understand that BC needs to generate revenue to stay in business, but you're right. They should be more thorough in vetting their ads prior to posting them on the website.