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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />[b]Wikipedia Warns of Malware Injecting Ads on Pages[/b]
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As the site pointed out on Tuesday, Wikipedia is funded by more than a million donors, and will never run advertisements other than Wikipedia's typical fundraiser. Unfortunately, the company doesn't state how users are acquiring the malware or the ...

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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />[b]Wikipedia warns users about malware injecting ads into its pages[/b]
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By Lucian Constantin May 15, 2012 — IDG News Service — Visitors to Wikipedia who see advertisements on the site have most likely fallen victim to a browser-based malware infection, Wikimedia Foundation, the organization operating the website, ...

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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />[b]Wikipedia warns users about malware injecting ads into its pages[/b]
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By Lucian Constantin | 15 May 12 Visitors to Wikipedia who see advertisements on the site have most likely fallen victim to a browser-based malware infection, Wikimedia Foundation, the organization operating the website, said on Monday.

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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />[b]Wikipedia warns users about malware injecting ads into its pages[/b]
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Visitors to Wikipedia who see advertisements on the site have most likely fallen victim to a browser-based malware infection, Wikimedia Foundation, the organization operating the website, said on Monday. "We never run ads on Wikipedia," said Philippe ...

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TechLife | 16 May 2012 : Visitors to Wikipedia who see advertisements on the site have most likely fallen victim to a browser-based malware infection, Wikimedia Foundation, the organisation operating the website, said on Monday.

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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Ads On [b]Wikipedia May Mean Your Computer Has Malware[/b]
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Wikipedia has stated it over and over again that they are a well-funded organisation and they never run ads on Wikipedia pages. The company usually displays notifications about its fundraising events on the top of its pages, but if you see a banner ad ...

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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />[b]Wikipedia warns users 'fake ads' on website nothing but malware[/b]
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Washington, May 16 (ANI): Wikipedia has warned its users that if they see commercial ads on the online encyclopedia, it possibly means their web browser has been infected with a virus. "We never run ads on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is funded by more than a ...

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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Alert: Fake [b]Wikipedia ads are a malware[/b]
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Wikipedia has warned its users that if they see commercial ads on the online encyclopedia, it possibly means their web browser has been infected with a virus. “We never run ads on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is funded by more than a million donors who give an ...

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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />New malware looks like [b]Wikipedia ads[/b]
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Wikipedia users who find ads on the website's pages have likely fallen victim to malware. The malware installs itself as a browser extension called "I want this" in Google Chrome, then inserts a commercial banner at the top of Wikipedia pages.

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Wikipedia has warned its users that if they see commercial ads on the online encyclopaedia, it possibly means their web browser has been infected with a virus. "We never run ads on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is funded by more than a million donors who give ...

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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Ads on [b]Wikipedia can point to malware infection[/b]
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Every now and then, Wikipedia's popularity and brand are misused by malware peddlers, typosquatters and scammers. But the fact that the Wikipedia project is funded exclusively by donors and the site never display ads also makes it a good litmus test ...

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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />If you're seeing ads, it's probably malware, warns [b]Wikipedia[/b]
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By Lucian Constantin | Published: 15:20, 16 May 2012 Visitors to Wikipedia who see advertisements on the site have most likely fallen victim to a browser-based malware infection, Wikimedia Foundation, the organisation operating the website, ...

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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Like Those [b]Wikipedia Ads? They Mean You're Infected With Malware![/b]
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by Paul Roberts The Wikimedia Foundation is warning its millions of visitors that if they're seeing ads appearing on any of the Foundation's Web sites, then their computer is probably infected with malware. The Foundation issued a statement on Monday ...

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