I've recently noticed a disturbing, increasing trend in malware distribution. Rogue antispyware—malicious programs masquerading as antispyware—is coming to you via ads you haven't even clicked. I first encountered this on an Israeli newspaper's English-language Web site, Ynetnews.com. Inconsistently, after a few seconds of browsing Ynet's home page, my browser would be redirected to another site, its window shrunk to resemble a dialog box (shown) with a typical rogue pop-up message implying that my system was infected. An obvious lure, and only a momentary distraction in a pop-up. But after being redirected, I found there was little I could do but use Windows Task Manager to close the browser. This is really your only recourse, too, should you get caught in the same situation.
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