NeonWizard Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 Security researchers warned Web surfers on Thursday to be on their guard after uncovering evidence that widespread Web server compromises have turned corporate home pages into points of digital infection. The researchers believe that online organized crime groups are breaking into Web servers, surreptitiously inserting code that takes advantage of two flaws in Internet Explorer that Microsoft has not yet fixed. Those flaws allow the Web server to install a program that takes control of the user's computer. The extent of the attacks is unknown, but the security community has seen numerous cases of personal computers infected when the user merely visits a Web site."It is not epidemic, but it is being seen," said Alfred Huger, senior director of engineering for security firm Symantec. "Do we think it is serious? Yeah. It's a concern and it's insidious."This time, however, the flaws affect every user of Internet Explorer, because Microsoft has not yet released a patch. Moreover, the infectious Web sites are not just those of minor companies inhabiting the backwaters of the Web, but major firms, including some banks, said Brent Houlahan, chief technology officer of NetSec. Read Article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 I will be sticking to the one or two sites that I use regularly for the present. Does anyone know if System Restore would get rid of any such infection were it to occur? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 Most probably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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