{"id":56434,"date":"2017-02-13T16:58:31","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T22:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=56434"},"modified":"2017-02-13T16:58:31","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T22:58:31","slug":"malvertising-attacks-adblocking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/malvertising-attacks-adblocking\/","title":{"rendered":"New Malvertising Attacks Can Be Prevented With Adblocking Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Malvertising Takes Advanced Approach<\/h4>\n<p>Malvertising, or malicious software that is distributed through advertisements, is taking an advanced approach.\u00a0 According to <a href=\"https:\/\/lifars.com\/2017\/02\/yahoo-msn-struck-advanced-malvertising-campaign\/\">Lifars<\/a>, the cyber criminal group AdGholas, have sophisticated their attack approach leaps and bounds.<\/p>\n<p>First, their malicious ad does not infect your PC right away.\u00a0 It is designed to start obtaining data that they can use to determine their attack approach.\u00a0 This data includes whether or not the PC user is running an anti-virus solution, as well as if the computer is a virtual machine.\u00a0\u00a0 The ad also\u00a0looks for a known information leakage vulnerability within the web browser.\u00a0 The malicious advertisement does all of this, without the PC user even clicking on the ad.<\/p>\n<p>From the information they obtain, they determine which computers they will infect with the malware.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, malvertising can be avoided with the implementation of adblocking technology.\u00a0 Some security solutions, like <a href=\"https:\/\/cart.pcpitstop.com\/go.asp?id=504631\">PC Matic<\/a>, offer an adblocker\u00a0bundled with their PC\u00a0protection.\u00a0 If your security solution does not offer adblocking technology, it is encouraged you find an\u00a0anti-virus solution\u00a0that includes it with their product, or purchase an adblocker on its own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malvertising Takes Advanced Approach Malvertising, or malicious software that is distributed through advertisements, is taking an advanced approach.\u00a0 According to Lifars, the cyber criminal group AdGholas, have sophisticated their attack approach leaps and bounds. First, their malicious ad does not infect your PC right away.\u00a0 It is designed to start obtaining data that they can 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