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8-bit · Joined: 03 Apr 2007 Posts: 940

I thought I would pass this along.
I was running Seamonkey and looking for a better print driver for my Canon Multipass MP390.
I did a search using Google and started clicking on sites.
Well, here I am in Puppy Linux and what should show up on the screen but a popup that was supposedly doing a virus scan of my computer.
It even had a Windows explorer screen to try to make it look authentic.
I could not exit that site and had to kill it to get out.
I smiled to myself! Smile

Just imagine someone Brousing the web with Windows and the panic that would ensue.

James C · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 741 Location: Kentucky

Been there.

Done that.

No fun.

sneekylinux · Joined: 20 Mar 2009 Posts: 25 Location: dorset,uk

too true nuff said

Flash · Posted: Wed 09 Sep 2009, 20:34 Post_subject:

Don't be too smug, and take it for granted that the only OS that can be damaged by a web-based exploit is Windows. Shocked

Keep your guard up. Run Puppy Linux from a multisession DVD if you're really paranoid. Laughing

Aitch · Joined: 04 Apr 2007 Posts: 4374 Location: Chatham, Kent, UK

8-bit

google ip redirector - phishing spammer

originally intended to defeat spammers, it's now their favourite weapon

& yes, linux boxes can and are being used, albeit to attack the motherload windoze users

Aitch Smile

Flash · Posted: Fri 11 Sep 2009, 10:27 Post_subject:

Flash cookies: What's new with online privacy

DM was on fire! · Posted: Sat 12 Sep 2009, 12:21 Post_subject:

I had that happen to me on Ubuntu.
What was hilarious is the fact that Opera reports what site a JavaScript pop-up window comes from, so it was like "bestvirusprotection9.com" or something telling me I had viruses on my computer.
My dad had it happen to him on Windows and his virus protection caught it; but it was so bad and Avast! kept popping up trojan warnings (even when he wasn't doing anything), he had to use System Restore. D:

Billwho? · Posted: Sat 12 Sep 2009, 21:02 Post_subject: Flash Cookies

I thought I had cookies pretty well under control untill I saw this. So I did a search for .sol files and got so many hits I had to run the search again while redirecting the results to a text file just so I could study where they were.

John Lewis · Posted: Thu 24 Sep 2009, 00:29 Post_subject:

I found lots of .sol files. Went to the listed macromedia site and deleted them. It deleted all except macromedia and Google.

John Lewis