It's not like the Los Angeles Business Journal is out to get us. It's just that some media outlets outsource their online advertising to affiliate programs and some of those programs have malicious ads snuck into them by evil spammers posing as advertisers. That said, Google and StopBadware.org have now joined together to bring their internet neighborhood watch to your web block:

What is this page?
You landed on this page because Google's independent testing has found that some portion of the site you were attempting to reach contains or links to badware or otherwise violates software guidelines of both Google and StopBadware. See the StopBadware FAQ for more information on Google warning pages. StopBadware's researchers have not reviewed this website. If they do, this warning page will be replaced with a detailed report. To see the reports we've done to date, click here.

What is badware?
Badware is software that behaves in malicious and/or deceptive ways and is commonly referred to as spyware, malware, and deceptive adware. If you download badware to your computer you may experience numerous pop-up ads; software installed without your permission or software difficult to uninstall; software that includes Trojan horses, stealth dialers, keyloggers, and viruses; slowed computer processing or even crashing; and in some cases, your privacy may be violated and abused when personal information is collected without your permission. For more information about the risks badware poses to you and your computer, see StopBadware's Guidelines and About Badware pages.

What is StopBadware.org?
StopBadware.org is a "Neighborhood Watch" campaign committed to fighting badware by providing reliable, objective information about downloadable applications so that consumers can make informed choices when they download programs to their computers. StopBadware.org is led by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, the Oxford Internet Institute, Google, Lenovo, and Sun Microsystems. [Stopbadware.com]

It's not like this is censorship. But you still have to copy and paste the link of the blocked site into your address bar.

Other Google News from today: Google Declares Jihad On Blog Link Farms