IF TRUE, this really BLOWS! (Internet Security Related)

[JTB]

THUMBS WAY DOWN!

http://www.cp24.com/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100611/100611_virus/20100611/?hub=CP24Home

[Birdman]

This deserves a red card....:redcard3:

[Cobra Drifter]

This is true but not new either. Usually they were the sites that were infecting you but now legitimate sites are getting hacked and the same infection process is being loaded so unexpected visitors are getting hammered.
There are temp directories on your computer for loading web fies that are read/write. So if the site loads something it can get executed to do just about anything.

Now this is why its more important then ever to have some kind of AV installed on your system.

[Joker]

Agreed. It's no longer the day and age of going to a questionable site and getting infected. It could possibly happen anywhere.

[VaporDude]

Agreed. It's no longer the day and age of going to a questionable site and getting infected. It could possibly happen anywhere.

But it would never happen here......I hope our hosting site keeps the patches updated. It is also important to keep VB updated.

[Joker]

But it would never happen here......I hope our hosting site keeps the patches updated. It is also important to keep VB updated.

It would most likely never happen here. Never say never! Even the most secure sites with updated everything it could happen. The type of security the Pentagon etc. have is way above our pay grade and they still have problems.

If there's a will, there's a way!

Most of the time, the people that do this type of thing do it for two reasons. For money or information that they want. Or for a big stage to do it for their egos.

As we allow PW, we already have countermeasures in place for that. :haha:

[Joe G]

Now this is why its more important then ever to have some kind of AV installed on your system.

Well I guess all those Apple guys who think they don't need AV software are gonna be screwed now.

:rofl:

[Joker]

Well I guess all those Apple guys who think they don't need AV software are gonna be screwed now.

:rofl:

Sad but true! Unfortunatley they are just as at risk as everyone else. For the longest time they were such a small percentage of the users that no one cared.

Guess that's the price of fame and fortune.

[JTB]

Well I guess all those Apple guys who think they don't need AV software are gonna be screwed now.

:rofl:

Not quite, most of the Viruses, T-Horses etc are still written for the Windows environment and do not execute in the Apple UNIX based environment.
Apple users can still apply their Anti-Virus software budgets to MODS instead. :hat:

[68fastback]

Wow! That sucks!! What a bunch of low-lifes there are out there!

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Besides the usual anti-virus stuff and certificate checking, I've been using IE's SmartScreen filter.

fwiw, IE8's SmartScreen will trap any site that was reported as unsafe (which admittedly doesn't help if you're one of the first to hit a newly infected site) and it is blocked from loading. Every page you acccess automatically pokes the MS SmartScreen database. I've tried it with SmartScreen on and off and honestly cannot detect any significant difference in load time. IE will notify you if SmartScree is down for some reason and that has only occurred a couple times since last August). It's included with IE8 and I turned it on when first loaded, so not sure what you'd need to do to turn it on the first time. You can check it's status by right clicking in the rightmost box just to the left of the internet 'globe' at the bottom right of every IE window. When you right click it should offer a list to check the current site, turn SmartScreen on/off, or report a website as unsafe. I figure it an't hurt.

[Johnny Dangerously]

Not quite, most of the Viruses, T-Horses etc are still written for the Windows environment and do not execute in the Apple UNIX based environment.
Apple users can still apply their Anti-Virus software budgets to MODS instead. :hat:
But just because Apples arenot affected (yet), doesn't mean that you can't pass them on to other computers.

Mac's OS doesn't see a Windows virus as a malicious code, so it will not do anything to it. This would allow a Mac to be a Typhoid Mary computer.


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[HSURB]

I haven't been this nervous about getting a virus since . . . . . well lets see . . . . . . . College.:haha:

HSURB®

[Alloy Dave]

bad news. Be careful out there.

[68fastback]

I haven't been this nervous about getting a virus since . . . . . well lets see . . . . . . . College.:haha:

HSURB®

:spitcopy: good one, Tim :)

[JTB]

I haven't been this nervous about getting a virus since . . . . . well lets see . . . . . . . College.:haha:

HSURB®

Must have been hangin' with the Dirties Brush.

:barf2:

[JTB]

But just because Apples arenot affected (yet), doesn't mean that you can't pass them on to other computers.

Mac's OS doesn't see a Windows virus as a malicious code, so it will not do anything to it. This would allow a Mac to be a Typhoid Mary computer.


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+1

Every computer in the World that is connected to the Internet is technically a networked device, Mac or PC.