MSE News: All web users urged to run anti virus check

Leopard

isofa wrote: »

Like many thousands of netbooks that were sold last year, and this year, with variants of Linux installed perhaps? Many people chose it over XP Home as it's lighter and faster, but many of those users were buying a simple laptop for web use or travel, certainly not as a tech user, who'd prefer a more powerful laptop...

Many people chose the Linux version over the XP version because they were intending to Mac-hack it and wanted to save £50 on a copy of Windows that they'd simply junk. :cool:

Paul_Herring

bankslayer wrote: »

If some people still get confused when they move from Windows to Mac, they are going to really struggle with Linux.

Perhaps you should re-read that post of mine you quoted where the users concerned had no problems whatsoever with Linux, but had difficulties with Windows.

No 'confusion' as you term it (whatever that is,) just general problems with the operating system.

You seem to have this opinion that 'newbie' users can't use Linux, when they're perfectly able to, (when not being lead to believe they're being asked to do something difficult that isn't.)

FLA27

I could just be down to coincidence and bad luck, but my laptop started acting oddly yesterday morning when I came onto this site. I shut down IE and updated and ran MalwareBytes. It picked up some problems that were not there when I ran it a few days ago. MalwareBytes seem to have sorted it out and HijackThis looks OK to me, although i'm no expert.
I don't do any online banking so not too worried.

bazster

If you read the MSE article carefully, what is actually says is "watch out because we might've infected you".

Thanks guys.

[Deleted User]

bazster wrote: »

If you read the MSE article carefully, what is actually says is "watch out because we might've infected you".

Thanks guys.

If only there was a NO thanks button!

bazster

Deleted_User wrote: »

If only there was a NO thanks button!

I assume, then, that you are pleased to be surfing a website that allows malicious code to be inserted thereby potentially affecting all it's visitors? And then tries to "spin" it's screw-up by issuing a generalised, anodyne warning to "All Web users"?

robt_2

Marty_J wrote: »

If you practice safe browsing, stay away from dodgy websites, don't download pirated software, don't open strange email attachments (and use an email provider that scans incoming emails), you won't get any virus or malware that currently exists for the Mac.

The same applies to Windows assuming it is patched with automatic updates.

Leopard

bazster wrote: »

I assume, then, that you are pleased to be surfing a website that allows malicious code to be inserted thereby potentially affecting all it's visitors? And then tries to "spin" it's screw-up by issuing a generalised, anodyne warning to "All Web users"?

I believe davidmt83 uses a Mac. In which case, he would be totally unconcerned by all of it.

By the way, if this malware of which you speak corrupts spelling I think you may have contracted it.

Jake'sGran

MSE_Guy wrote: »

This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story:

"Hackers are thought to be targeting web users by implanting a computer virus that records which sites you visit ..."

Read the full story:
All web users urged to run anti virus check

Could there be a connection? .All of a sudden this page looks very strange. All the tools at the top of the post are unususable e.g. Bold and Underline. All the smilies appear as words and not faces. I came here to night to ask why I am now getting a lot of complete page pop ups - twice in the middle of banking pages.

Leopard

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