On 10-09-09 05:30 PM, Keith Sheppard wrote:
Maybe malicious isn't the right word but there is a JS based web counter on http://www.haskell.org/complex/why_does_haskell_matter.html which likes to show pop up adverts. They must have switched over from counting visitors to showing adverts at some point since the web page was created.
The web counter is obtained from <script language="JavaScript" src="http://m1.nedstatbasic.net/basic.js"></script> Instead of doing static analysis on the javascript code, I decided to exploit society instead. Googling "nedstatbasic", I found this (though not 1st hit): http://www.nedstat.com/nedstat-news-archive/129-nedstat-sells-nedstat-basic-... Looks like the free web counter was sold to an advertiser as few years ago.