Microsoft has filed five lawsuits in Superior Court in Seattle to combat malicious advertising. The problem of attackers using malicious ads to ensnare users has been in the spotlight recently after a malicious ad was discovered on The New York Times Website.
– Microsoft has filed five lawsuits targeting malicious online advertisers.
The company filed the suits in King County Superior Court in

Seattle. The suits allege that a group of individuals using the business names
“Soft Solutions,” “Direct Ad,” “qiweroqw.com,” “ITmeter INC.” and
“ote2008.in…