As far as I know, I'm up to date with windows security downloads... Using Internet explorer, I clicked a link in a blog to one of those "make lots of money using my great system" sites, and immediately my antivirus notified me that a trojan downloader had been loaded, and "startup changes" were detected. So... is there anyone who actually analyzes this stuff, and can look at a site to figure out what new loophole someone is exploiting (...besides more hackers)?
2007-07-05 16:36:33 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Scottso- "...computers only do what you tell them to do..." hehe, it seems most software takes a lot more liberties than that :)... Anyway, if there's a loophole in the software itself, this answer is vauge at best.
Slider- hmmm, I don't know. It seems like it was automated to me, considering the speed at which it happened (I'm on broadband, and the file uploaded almost instantaneously upon visiting the site). I also doubt the person who promoted the link was online at that time, if that makes a difference.
2007-07-05 17:06:10 · update #1
Get www.mcafeeasap.com. It has a browser protection feature that allows early warning and self-reporting on dodgy sites like this. Your virus software isn't that good if it only notified you of the changes instead of prompting or denying. Like above, reset your security zones. Tools->Internet Options->Security tab.
2007-07-11 22:20:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Joe Zen is right. I had a trojan downloaded when I visited a site while researching an answer. I didn't realize it until I did a virus scan before I shut down. I now have a program that alerts me to stop and cleans it up right then. It's a good thing, but some days I seem to go to all the wrong sites.
2007-07-13 23:35:30 · answer #2 · answered by Ding-Ding 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It sounds like your saying that you think the site themselves gave you the virus. Well, how do you know that it was the site that had it, it was probably a hacker of some sort sending you a virus through the site, such as linking it through a server?
2007-07-05 23:42:07 · answer #3 · answered by Slider 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
adjust your internet explorer security settings, computers only do what you tell them to do...
and there is no one to report it to
and you should not trust your software to be telling you whether or not the site is bad or not it is just a program
2007-07-05 23:47:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please download Mcafee SiteAdvisor.
http://www.siteadvisor.com
2007-07-13 12:09:31 · answer #5 · answered by keatkean 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋