The zealously right-leaning website DrudgeReport.com may be spreading computer viruses—or so congressional staff have been warned in an e-mail reportedly issued by the Senate sergeant-at-arms. While editor Matt Drudge insists his site is clean, some staffers are reporting computer glitches after visiting it. Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), however, smells a conspiracy. "The liberals, the extremists, they don't want the information that [Matt Drudge] has," said Inhofe, "because he's a man of truth." Is the source of the "problem" digital or political?
You'll catch a bug on Drudge: The mystery here is why the Drudge Report is plagued by malware, says Elinor Mills in CNET. This is the "second time in six months" that users have reported virus issues. While it's possible" the virus is being spread "via an ad," not the site itself, that doesn't mean DrudgeReport.com is completely safe.
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