Microsoft on Thursday filed five civil lawsuits against companies that have allegedly been engaged in malicious online advertising, or "malvertising."
Microsoft is suing five online entities and the individuals behind them for spreading "malvertising," or online advertising that delivers malware. As demonstrated by a September attack on The New York Times Website, malicious online advertising represents a persistent and increasingly high-profile problem for businesses and consumers.
The NCSA is a nonprofit public private partnership that brings together government, corporate, nonprofit and academic organizations to conduct public education and awareness efforts to empower a digital citizenry to use the Internet safely and securely by protecting the computers and networks they use.
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