Re: Gigantic,catastrophic security flaw in Windows - no defense...

From: Crusty \(-: Old B_at_stard :-\) (B_at_stard)
Date: 06/23/04 

Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 22:58:18 -0400

So, stay off that particular web site. Why would you go somewhere if the
place hurts you? Would you walk down a dark alley in a strange city in the
middle of the night? Use the same common sense when going to web sites. Many
of them are just come-ons for placing crap on your computer.

I assume that you are using a good firewall and up-to-date antivirus
program?

Use safe surfing habits and you will have few problems. I have never found a
reputable site that put anything on a computer other than tracking cookies,
and those are a fact of life. Even those can be dealt with! 

-- 
Regards:
Richard Urban
aka  Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)
"Rob Conklin" <robconklin@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message 
news:%232$F7wMWEHA.716@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>I posted earlier about the CWS.searchx trojan virus --- I would like some
> response directly from Microsoft ---
>
> this gets inserted into my system merely by logging into to a particular
> website; I have set all Interenet explorer settings to the most 
> conservative
> possible security settings, accept for allowing a few items necessary to
> login to the site.  I never accepted any installation of any programs,
> controls, or scripts from this site, but I still get the trojan infection.
>
> Seems to me that this is a pure, flat-out security hole in Windows XP (and
> IE 6.0288 SP2), allowing for backdoor access to the user's system.  I 
> don't
> see how MS can be complascent about this, providing only obscure, 
> backwater
> technical builitins and FAQ(s) with dozens of diagnostic steps, registry
> edits and obscure references to third parties for a fix.  THIS REQUIRES AT
> THE VERY LEAST A NEW OS PATCH or OPERATING SYSTEM UPDATE (SERVICE PACK 3).
>
> PLEASE FIX THIS CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
>
>

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