Chris Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 Security experts are tracking a new piece of malware that appears to be compromising large numbers of Windows PCs and may be laying the groundwork for the creation of a large spamming network or a major attack in the future. Analysts at NetSec Inc., a managed security services provider, began seeing indications of the compromises early Thursday morning and have since seen a large number of identical attacks on their customers' networks. The attack uses a novel vector: embedded code hidden in graphics on Web pages. When visitors to a few particular Web sites—including popular auction, shopping and price-comparison sites—request pages that include the malicious graphics, the code automatically downloads itself onto their machines. Once installed, the code unpacks itself and loads a keystroke logger on the PC. NetSec officials said the attack seems to exploit a vulnerability in Internet Explorer.More | Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeonWizard Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 one more reason to get rid of IE.Use Opera or Mozilla, they're a lot better than IE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 Tried Opera, but just couldn't get on with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 Once installed, the code unpacks itself and loads a keystroke logger on the PC.Would 'Startup Monitor' prevent that ? http://www.mlin.net/StartupMonitor.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expertec Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 I just give up on IE now :wacko: (Goes off to dowload Firefox) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expertec Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 How simple is it to set up, and are you happy with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expertec Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 Easy to setup, easy to use, I'm happy with it. It imported all my bookmarks, history, and most of my logins. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 Easy to setup, easy to use, I'm happy with it. It imported all my bookmarks, history, and most of my logins. :)Do you use it for e-mail, and if so how easy is it to tie in with Mailwasher? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expertec Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 I don't know about the e-mail client, I think it's a separate program. I just have the Firefox bowser and still use outlook for e-mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linc Posted June 26, 2004 Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 I believe the email client is called Thunder.Funny was going to d/l it this afternoon. anyway.Been using Firefox for the past week and it's certainly faster than IE.By the way what's a pop up, lol. haven't seen one since using Firefox.One small bug, everytime I start Firefox, a small update box floats up in the right side bottom, it just leads to Firefox 0.9. which is what I'm using. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted June 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 Thunderbird 0.7It's Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redhat Posted June 26, 2004 Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 That update bug is known.Thuderbird 0.7 is a smooth e-mail client, I use Firefox + Thunderbird for all my browsing and email. Speed up utility for firefox that actually works ... http://www.softpedia.com/public/scripts/do...dhero/12-3-112/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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