attacks

Perhaps the reason those Microsoft ads showing the barfing were pulled is that some users were barfing when they found out how they were being attacked when using Internet Exploited.
According to the Internet Storm Center, Microsoft Internet Explorer can be zapped hard by a new attack showing up in drive-by fashion.
0-day in Microsoft DirectShow [...]

Although the worm is spread primarily through business networks, originating with infection of a Windows server, it is possible to get an infection on a home network, or individual PC.
First, it attacks a vulnerability in the Microsoft Server service. Computers without the October patch can be remotely attacked and taken over.
Second, Conficker can attempt to [...]