Yes, anybody (including bad guys) can purchase ads from various ad networks and use it to distribute questionable stuff (including malware). They usually get vetted/blocked by reputable ad networks like google, but the trickier ones find ways to get through, and it's a continuous whac-a-mole game w/ bad guys.

What 
  to do?

See the blue 
  triangle on top of the ad to the left of the x? Click on it, and it will take 
  you to googles ad site, which has a wealth of information, the best of which 
  is at the very bottom where you can report that ad.

HTH

-Jens

On Tuesday, November 19, 2013 1:56 PM, 
  Aubrey Turner <aubrey.c.turner@gmail.com> wrote:
After reloading the download page a few times, I got the 'green download 
  button' that someone reported earlier to appear.  It is indeed an ad, 
  served by Google, and it points you to a download page for what is ostensibly 
  7Zip ( 
http://www.download-21.com/7zip-20627cre/).  This 
  download is most definitely not CHIRP and is not part of the Chirp download 
  page.  

Of interest, the download, which 
  technically includes 7Zip, also includes a bevy of other software, including a 
  variety of toolbars.

Here's what it has to say on 
  that site:
" 
Clicking 
  this Download button starts DomaIQ™, it manages your 7Zip installation. 
  Additional software may be offered to you via opt-in ads during the 
  installation process."


So 
  it's kind of unscrupulous on the part of "Zip App" (the sponsor of the ad, 
  according to the bottom of the banner), and it could trick someone into 
  downloading the "7Zip" utility instead of Chirp.

I don't know how whether an attachment will make it to the list, 
  but I've attached a screen shot of the ad, for any who may be interested in 
  what it looks like.




On 11/19/2013 01:44 PM, Jens J. 
  wrote:
The ads on the right of the chirp.danplanet.com site appear to be 
    google syndicated ads.
Either 
    there was a bad (misleading) ad (totally possible) which you would need to 
    report to google, or you are locally compromised (dns hijack, malware, 
    etc).

I 
    still don't think it has anything to do w/ chirp website.


On Tuesday, November 19, 2013 10:43 AM, 
    Eben Haber <eben@habers.us> wrote:
I realized the cause of the problem 
    that was reported to me. When I go to the chirp site in a browser with no 
    ad-blocker, there is an ad on the right in the form of a green button saying 
    "start download" which installs malware on Windows machines.

Is there any way for the Chirp site owner to 
    control what ads are shown? Or does the site just get ads from some ad 
    server? I wouldn't be surprised if others are being misdirected by this ad, 
    causing them to go away thinking that Chirp is just a malware site.

73,

-Eben / K6EBN
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