DoubleClick...old, new tricks?

[mjc]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/13/doubleclick_distributes_malware/

DoubleClick has had some 'tainted' ads appear on its network in the past...but nothing on this scale.

[SufferWell1396]

DoubleClick officials said they recently deployed a monitoring system to catch malware-tainted ads before they are distributed over the ad network. The monitor has already has disabled about 100 malicious ads.

atleast theyre doing something about it and not just sitting there.
Those ads are pretty bad. but with everything, theres always a bad apple.
i wouldnt put much on DoubleClick on this one, it really wasnt their fault.

[mjc]

Actually, yes I would put a bit on DoubleClick, because it has happened before and they have a nasty habit of not checking the ads they accept...until after a problem is spotted.

No, they aren't blame for the actual malware, just for the fact that they couldn't be bothered to exercise a bit of restraint and examine what they were being asked to distribute before they distributed it.