I advertise mainly using Google, but I also use a couple of other
companies.
As soon as I see something not suitable I drop the advertiser.
A couple of people have said they suspect some adverts contain malware or even viruses, but I
have not been able to recreate the problems.
If you see an anti-virus message or strange behaviour with a particular
advert please let me know as soon as possible using feedback, screenshots or brand names or URLs would be useful
I also search virus databases for the advertisers often to see if there
is a known problem.
I need to pay for the server electricity and support time so, adverts
are inevitable unless I make everyone pay a fee, which I don't think
will work.
I am thinking of allowing paid full members to switch off adverts. Would
that be useful?
I would advise that Firefox is less prone to viruses than Internet Explorer because of ActiveX and Internet Explorer's tighter integration with Windows operating systems.
Later versions of Internet Explorer 8+ are better than Internet Explorer 6, which is particularly vulnerable.
I would also advise using
free AVG anti-virus software if you have no
anti-virus software.