Search engine Hijack

[mridkash]

I read the news on bbc that told about the biggest ever search engine attack that allows malicious code to run on users PC.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7118452.stm

from that report;

Websites loaded on these domains were booby-trapped with malicious software that looked for vulnerabilities in copies of Microsoft's Internet Explorer used to browse them.

The criminals tried to catch out Windows users

[n3tfury]

ah, good times w/ IE

[ukripper]

That is why i use noscript addon with firefox to stop them running any java scripts on my machines
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722

Also i recommend using opendns

https://www.opendns.com/start?device=ubuntu

[n3tfury]

yep, i've used noscript for awhile and although it CAN get annoying sometimes with the pop-up/dropdown, it's indispensible.

[ukripper]

yep, i've used noscript for awhile and although it CAN get annoying sometimes with the pop-up/dropdown, it's indispensible.

I agree...

It is better to be annoyed rather be sorry later, I dont compromise my security.

[n3tfury]

some pretty interesting info:

http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/malware-redirects-aftermath_27.html

[aaaantoine]

yep, i've used noscript for awhile and although it CAN get annoying sometimes with the pop-up/dropdown, it's indispensible.

Yeah, I just turn off the notification and rely instead on the crossed out S in the bottom right corner.