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[aria]

Oh, for fuck's sake, LiveJournal. (She says, crossposting.) LJ's interstitial advertising is putting your computer at risk for malware. And here I was wondering why my computer had suddenly contracted pop-ups, why my legit malware detector had caught a trojan, and why my computer is suddenly incapable of opening PDF files. (This last might be a different issue entirely, of course. This laptop is nearly four years old.) Things seem to be behaving now, and I've backed up all my files, but this is just ridiculous.

This brings me to link #2, which is a great list of reasons to move to Dreamwidth. Obviously I still use LJ, but I use it in an incidental supplementary way, and I have DW codes going spare. Come hang out over here! WE DON'T HAVE FUCKING MALWARE.

And on a completely different note, because it cracked me up, link the third: http://www.isitmofftiemnao.com/ BEST. :D

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[everysecondtuesday]

And here I was wondering why my computer had suddenly contracted pop-ups, why my legit malware detector had caught a trojan, and why my computer is suddenly incapable of opening PDF files.
So much D:

But seriously! How is giving your clients malware a reasonable business model? WTAF?

[aria]

*flails* Mostly I am just deeply glad that Dreamwidth exists.

[betonprosa]

Um, this isn't really to support LJ--and I do have issues with vilifying them in this situation because the real problem lies with the companies that provide the tainted ad content--but it sounds like pretty circumstantial evidence to say that your computer's problems are the result of a virus obtained through a LJ ad.

Annnd to comment on that link, the unfortunate reality of the times is that there's very few, if any, places on the Internet that are genuinely "safe" spaces. It's helpful to get into the general mindset that venturing out onto the Internet should always done inside a "tank" of sorts-- anti-virus software that runs frequent scans, a computer equipped with the most recent patches/updates, strong passwords, and browser widgets like Ad-Block and No-Script.

</ computer-geek-public-service-message > :P

re-post for team proper grammar!

[aria]

It is fairly circumstantial, especially the part where PDFs aren't opening anymore -- in fact I'm 95% sure that it's an entirely different issue -- but the pop-ups are definitely LJ's, even if the problems that happened directly after might not have been related.

I definitely understand re: very few places on the internet being genuinely safe, though. Sigh.

[skywaterblue]

:D Thanks!

[themeletor]

WE WANTS THE MOFF.

(i would have said this anyway, but it's especially pertinent since i've been rewatching reboot!who (all of new series 2 in one day lolol um) and continue to be fascinated by how reliably my favorite episodes are all moffat -- and the ones that make me want to bash my head into walls? well that's all rusty, all the time.)

[aria]

I KNOW, RIGHT?

I don't think Moffat is god or anything, and I'm not sure about his ability to do entire sustained season arcs (see: Jekyll, another show of his that was awesome and creepy but not terribly coherent the whole way through) but I am still ridiculously excited for his Who. :D

[themeletor]

agreed; my only experience with him has been comedy shows like coupling, and then the single-shot who eps -- so i'm not, like, professing my total confidence in his ability to construct and maintain a solid arc in a somewhat more dramatic show (i hesitate immensely to call reboot!who 'serious', so you know what i mean :p) -- but whatever he does kind of has to be better than the end of time, yeah?