Web Users Must Stay Extra Wary to Fend Off Stealthy 'Malvertising'

The malvertising now seems to be showing up on major Websites using well-known ad networks such as Google's DoubleClick.

The reason that malvertising is being distributed by the top ad networks is because the malware writers are actually buying ads and then feeding the ad servers content that is infected with malware, but the latest tactics are even more sinister. Now the malware can simply infect your computer without any action on your part. No longer do you have to click on an infected link.

Segura said that the fingerprinting process will check to see if the computer is using a residential IP address, whether it’s running a real copy of Windows on a real machine or whether it's actually running in a virtual environment.