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shhhhh!
(I like anime avatars!
)I know that's been a question... but I haven't heard for certain
yep, let's find a rhinestone for your belly button to make kitty mew ......
a timely reminder via techcrunch:
•Almost 40 percent of malware hijackings start at search engines, especially within image results strewn with malware mines, what Blue Coat calls "Search Engine Poisoning
Larsen passed on these tips to us:
•SEP attacks tend to lead to Fake AV (Anti-Virus) scanners, so if your browser window ever tells you that you're infected, it's a fake.
•Similarly, if your browser is telling you that you need to update Flash or need a new video codec, it's probably fake.
•As your computer is booting into Windows, before you've loaded the browser, windows popping up telling you that you need to update something are very likely to be legit.
•Stay patched on the "big 5" infection vectors: OS, Browser, Flash, PDF, Java (most exploit kits are not using unpatched zero-day vulnerabilities to attack; they rely on the principle that some percent of their visitors will not be fully patched).
•Don't search for Porn or Cracked/Pirated software & movies. A high percentage of these are malware lures.
•Run a good AV.
•Run a good Web-malware filter (like K9).
•Almost 40 percent of malware hijackings start at search engines, especially within image results strewn with malware mines, what Blue Coat calls "Search Engine Poisoning
Larsen passed on these tips to us:
•SEP attacks tend to lead to Fake AV (Anti-Virus) scanners, so if your browser window ever tells you that you're infected, it's a fake.
•Similarly, if your browser is telling you that you need to update Flash or need a new video codec, it's probably fake.
•As your computer is booting into Windows, before you've loaded the browser, windows popping up telling you that you need to update something are very likely to be legit.
•Stay patched on the "big 5" infection vectors: OS, Browser, Flash, PDF, Java (most exploit kits are not using unpatched zero-day vulnerabilities to attack; they rely on the principle that some percent of their visitors will not be fully patched).
•Don't search for Porn or Cracked/Pirated software & movies. A high percentage of these are malware lures.
•Run a good AV.
•Run a good Web-malware filter (like K9).
Really? I know (well, I think) that moderators do not turn automatically...
Night, Whiskey!
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