The biggest Advertisement network over the Internet showing Malware advertisements. When a user click on these Malware Advertisements they are redirected to some websites that host malware’s, rogue security products or other threatening applications. Multiple sources find that MediaMan ad is shown by Google adsense on Mashable Website, when you click on this ad you will redirect to a Russia based Website which hosts Malware.

Google adsense offer dangerous content, and users must use some online security tool that will analyzed the .swf file show you the complete details. In the case of the ad provided by Google, the message displayed by AdopsTool was:

The file has a sprite/movieclip which is containing Malware actionScript code. Please contact the creative agency for checking and cleaning of the file.

This proves that the malware could have been detected at a simple check.

Thanks to Softpedia, Mike on Ads and Spyware Sucks

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