Drive-by Malware

[Chewy]

FireFox with the no script extension is evidently the way to go

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722

[Gary D]

Chewy,

Nice find!

It will take awhile to configure it like Comodo firewall but once done, it should protect you fully from malicious script.

Here is a link to the developers home page: http://noscript.net/?ver=1.1.4.8.070514&prev=

Thanks again Chewy!

[locoeng]

I do believe I was already using that plug-in...I'll have to check when I get home.

[Chewy]

About one in ten websites is infected with malicious software that could result in a user’s personal information being stolen, according to Google.

Sensitive data such as banking passwords and e-mail addresses could unwittingly be handed over to criminals as a result of visiting infected pages, which work by exploiting a vulnerability in the user’s internet browser, a study by the search company suggests.

Google said that it had analysed approximately 4.5 million websites over a 12 month period and found that 450,000 had caused a test computer to make a ‘drive-by download’, a common example of which was a ‘keylogger’, which captures every keystroke a user makes.

http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?postid=531549#post531549

in case anyone is wondering why in the hell I am researching this problem


seems that myspace links have been recently invaded

if anyone is interested in testing I can send you a known infected web page

[soup]

if anyone is interested in testing I can send you a known infected web page

I will pass, but thanks for the link & the heads up.

[locoeng]

I'm with soup...but thanks for the offer. Let us know if you have any takers.

[soup]

Yes so we can avoid them (LOL). It seems that Mozilla does not have the latest version, but when you restart to install, they very kindly have the home page come up, so that you can install the latest.

[anonymez]

Send it here. What's it do?

[Chewy]

Will you use windows and not linux?

It just starts outerinfo AFAIK

warning pages removed

warning do not copy and paste the http link unless you know what the crap you doing, anony does!

[anonymez]

LOL planned on Linux. The other (XP) PC is due for a format, but can't do it ATM. Maybe in a week or so?

[Chewy]

LOL planned on Linux. The other (XP) PC is due for a format, but can't do it ATM. Maybe in a week or so?

I always test with an expendable setup?



where are all the firefox volunteers?

[MilesAhead]

I always test with an expendable setup?



where are all the firefox volunteers?

Hmmmmmmm with my luck it would be a double blind test and
my plugin would be the placebo.

[soup]

warning do not copy and paste the http link unless you know what the crap you doing, anony does!

This FireFox user is following your advice, which is always good.

[Dan]

This FireFox user is following your advice, which is always good.

Same here. The No Script add-on and AdBlock Plus are essentials for anyone that use Firefox as fas as I'm concerned.

[locoeng]

Checked it and have been using the NoScript plug-in for some time now...