itv.com was the source, the time was around 16:30 on 3/10/15 and it was a Flash advert prior to the video feed (ie just before Scotland v SA, as said in the original post
). I don't know who the real malvertiser was (Moldovan probably given the connections seen later) but it came via itv.com.
Loonylion, you can remove IE depending on your version of Windows - Control Panel->Programs & Features->Turn Windows Features On & Off then uncheck the box for Internet Explorer, click through the dire warnings designed induce FUD and reboot. No more Flash player although I have no doubt IE still lurks somewhere in the bowels of ths OS
If you don't have that option then (from memory) you check the "ActiveX filtering" option then go into add-ons->all add-ons and disable Flash player. That's about the best you can do.
I have no idea about Chrome, frankly I trust MS more than google but its six of one half dozen of the other in terms of which one hands over more data to the US govt. A pox on them both
All the major browsers have "issues" for me these days :
1) Internet Explorer - huge pile of exploits waiting to be found, even MS admit its not maintainable. ActiveX has been a security disaster since day 1;
2) Chrome - its google & if you trust them then you have more problems than browser choice. Enough said;
3) Firefox - current build works fine, not too keen on the deprecation of XUL as it'll kill a lot of extensions. Not the quickest of browsers to say the least.
I guess I'll stick with Firefox + Adblock Plus + NoScript - never got hit by anything nasty with that before. Apart from kids downloading "questionable software/music" and overriding the AV (long ago) then everything nasty that's actually got onto machines/network has come via IE.