There was something in the news, maybe last week but I'm not really sure exactly when, that some sort of virus or something was spread to thousands of websites. I've been receiving warnings from my computer protection programs (even the latest version of IE) when I've clicked on websites, including those I've visited several times warning of something "malicious" imbedded in them. There was one even for the website of a particular cruise line, buried deep in it, in a sub-link. I called the cruise line's 800 number and told them. Later in the day I got an e-mail from them saying they checked into it and, sure enough, someone had imbedded a malicious bug in it totally unbeknownst to them until I informed them.
Gerard