Possible virus problem

[>Omen<]

What's ironic too is you can't count on ad based spyware to be merely malicious advertising. Often hackers use existing ads, without permission of course, to deliver bugs with other intentions, such as identity theft. Such types of masking are key elements clever hackers use to divert attention away from themselves. We are way beyond mere hardware destruction intent hackers whom use proxy servers.

Many are now using corporate disguises. This has caused quite a bit of concern in recent years about how ads are displayed because if used in this way by hackers it can hurt the reputation of those that don't encrypt them. The problem is not all businesses are big enough and/or willing to spend the money to do that.

When you add international circulation into the mix, it's really hard to make and enforce advertisement encryption laws globally.