Re: trojans

From: news (geerge_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 06/27/04 

Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 12:18:43 GMT

"jason" <jas@kto.net> skrev i meddelandet
news:U5yDc.37$qT5.31@newsfe1-gui.server.ntli.net...
> It depends on what you are doing on the site, if it is a music or software
> type it will always say something like "click to accept" or "you must
click
> here first" - kickme.to/fosi is an example of that. If you use Mozilla it
> gets shut of all the rubbish, just close the pop-up window and go straight
> to the download. Never accept or agree to anything on that site.
> If any site requires you to click on pop-up windows or states you must
> download and install software FIRST (such as anti-leech) or even lower
your
> security settings/turn firewall off, then don't even go near it.
> You will find it is nothing more than a site that has NO content, just
lists
> of lists of other sites. They go around in endless loops, link via cash
> generators and rip-off companies that think people are viewing their
> adverts!
> I use FIREFOX for that kind of site, but sites with any real content that
> you can just click on to download are few and far between now.
> Files can't install themselves, you have to be tricked into allowing them
to
> be installed!
> Run a virus killer, adaware etc and remember - if a site looks too good to
> be true - it probably is.
> A lot of people in the UK were caught out when they found that clicking on
> things on websites meant they had installed a premium rate dialler. So
they
> got massive phone bills, then all innocently said, "I was out, I don't
know
> how it happened". What they never said or agreed to was having their
> computers examined to see which porno,music,software, other illegal sites
> they have been using - so they can hardly complain and pretend they didn't
> do anything wrong!
> They all claim to be innocent now which is funny.
>

But i read that recently there were some kind of spyware/trojan from Russia
that were installed on Yahoo visitors computer. A firewall could not stop
it. The spyware sent out information about bank account passwords.

Apparently only those who used Explorer were targeted. Perhaps itīs all
about security settings!?

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