If the malware was created by and distributed by the site hosts, that might be a reasonable argument.<p>But of course, it isn&#x27;t. In fact, there is no way the site owner can guarantee to avoid the indirect distribution of malware without ceasing all use of third party resources on their site.<p>Given the usefulness of third party resources (not just ad networks) and the relative rarity of malware being distributed through those channels, I don&#x27;t think the argument that the only decent choice is to eschew all the third party functionality of the modern web is reasonable here.