UGH--More Vulnerabilities

Znod · 04-03-2007, 04:17 PM

Go here if interested: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=149&tag=nl.e589

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Snuffy · 04-03-2007, 07:02 PM

I'm glad you posted. I was tired of telling..

Splicker · 04-03-2007, 08:38 PM

Has anyone here ever been a victim of one of these vulnerabilities? I saw loads of vulnerabilities and such on windows XP and now Vista but ive never ever had anyone hack or mess my computer up.

Mustangman76 · 04-03-2007, 08:51 PM

Hi

neather have i...but i have gotten lots of virus due to windows live one care.. :P

Snuffy · 04-03-2007, 09:16 PM

Yes, I have seen some of what happens to some. The City Clerk 15 miles away, seen the Download-update info from MS in his EMAIL... and opened the file. This computer had all the town records, on it... lucky for him, I had told him some time ago... when things simply look "WEIRD or CRAZY" unplug the computer instantly... It only took a few hours to fix... every link from the Desktop was gone. Many Directories were missing, or renamed, many files had been compressed.. and re arranged... all the bank accounts, all accounting files, simply every file that a small town had was ready to be sent somewhere...
I told him unplug the Internet first... restart the system... and do a FORMAT of the HD... He then replaced his OS, set the Internet back, and reinstalled all files minus about 2 hrs... from his ON LINE Backup Server...

I also have seen computers that had been TOTALLY FORMATTED, due to not knowing UNPLUG and corruption is better than TOTAL LOSS.. many 3rd party programs can restore DELETED/FORMATTED files.

It is easy to BACKUP every day or nite with a simply click of the mouse using XCOPY or todays ROBOCOPY. WRITE YOUR BACKUP.BAT using word or notepad and click it any time and it is FAST and done.... unplug that external USB HD and it is SAFE...100%

Znod · 04-03-2007, 11:35 PM

Under XP, I almost became infected from some virus that tried to attack when I visited a very reputable website. At the time, I was using MacAfee; it stopped the virus. I thought I had the "about blank" thing once, but it went away or got eaten by something. I know that sounds dumb, but I did not fall for any of the "about blank" tricks, and I guess I shrugged the thing off.

Znod · 04-03-2007, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Snuffy

I'm glad you posted. I was tired of telling..

You are welcome Snuffster. I guess many don't worry too much about the vulnerabilities--sort of like not worrying about getting into wrecks. I don't worry about such things. I just avoid risky places and keep my cloaking device turned on.

And, whatever, I keep disk images ready to restore in 20-30 minutes. So, like Crazy George says, "bring em on."

Snuffy · 04-04-2007, 10:52 AM

Actually McAfee and most other Virus scanners will not detect :BLANK.
reason it is not a VIRUS.. it is a HIJacker.,..

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Download CWShredder 2.19 - CoolWebShredder (CWShredder) - A small ...CWShredder 2.19 CoolWebShredder (CWShredder) - A small utility for removing the browser hijack CoolWebSearch and it's variants.

Gads I'm glad someone else is a BACKUP NUT like me..
I have backups for my backups.. and password to protect my passwords..
might not be much but when you have over xxxK $$$ worth of other peoples
info you care for.. you need backups for backups.. and never more than 4 to 5 hours old...last estimate I had the average time to reconstruct 1 hrs normal business was 4h30m.

I had my own computer repair and backup storage service for 20 yrs... I backed up there stuff every nite...

Znod · 04-04-2007, 08:29 PM

I understand you felt need to back up back up. I have backed off from so much backing up because I quit protecting against fires. But, given normal circumstances, there is nothing better than a current disk image. My files are double backed up on an external drive.

pally01 · 04-07-2007, 08:38 AM

How about encrypted? Identity theft and all that...

Snuffy · 04-07-2007, 10:25 AM

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When is your shiny new Windows Vista protected against evil Web threats? Not as often as we were all lead to believe in all those Microsoft Windows Vista ads. I ran across this post from Microsoft's Internet Explorer blog site shortly after the software giant patched the animated cursor flaw in Windows Vista with the release of MS07-017. Microsoft has said that users running IE 7 under Windows Vista are better protected from the malicious effects of Web exploits such as the animated cursor exploit than users running IE 7 under Windows XP IE7 due to the introduction of a new "sandbox" element (called Protected Mode) within the new operating system. For example, in the case of the animated cursor attack, with Protected Mode enabled, remote attackers can only view files on an infected Windows Vista machine, not run malicious code. Now it seems there are exceptions.

http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-97....html?tag=blog

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you automatically lose Protected Mode protection.

Some examples listed: READ THE ARTICLE...
UAC is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT...
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/200...on-or-off.aspx

04-03-2007, 04:17 PM	#1
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04-03-2007, 08:38 PM	#3
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Snuffy Elite Members Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: S.W. Kansas Posts: 2,841	Yes, I have seen some of what happens to some. The City Clerk 15 miles away, seen the Download-update info from MS in his EMAIL... and opened the file. This computer had all the town records, on it... lucky for him, I had told him some time ago... when things simply look "WEIRD or CRAZY" unplug the computer instantly... It only took a few hours to fix... every link from the Desktop was gone. Many Directories were missing, or renamed, many files had been compressed.. and re arranged... all the bank accounts, all accounting files, simply every file that a small town had was ready to be sent somewhere... I told him unplug the Internet first... restart the system... and do a FORMAT of the HD... He then replaced his OS, set the Internet back, and reinstalled all files minus about 2 hrs... from his ON LINE Backup Server... I also have seen computers that had been TOTALLY FORMATTED, due to not knowing UNPLUG and corruption is better than TOTAL LOSS.. many 3rd party programs can restore DELETED/FORMATTED files. It is easy to BACKUP every day or nite with a simply click of the mouse using XCOPY or todays ROBOCOPY. WRITE YOUR BACKUP.BAT using word or notepad and click it any time and it is FAST and done.... unplug that external USB HD and it is SAFE...100% __________________ [COLOR="DarkRed"]The only Stupid Question is the one you failed to Ask![/color] [COLOR="Blue"]Beta Tester since Pre Win 95.[/COLOR]
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04-03-2007, 11:35 PM	#6
Znod ABXpert Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Phoenix AZ Posts: 3,136	Under XP, I almost became infected from some virus that tried to attack when I visited a very reputable website. At the time, I was using MacAfee; it stopped the virus. I thought I had the "about blank" thing once, but it went away or got eaten by something. I know that sounds dumb, but I did not fall for any of the "about blank" tricks, and I guess I shrugged the thing off. __________________ [CENTER][sigpic][/sigpic] [COLOR="DeepSkyBlue"][/COLOR][URL=http://homepage.mac.com/donv1/.Pictures/Vista/Bannerxx.jpg][B]Larger Sig Pic Linked Here[/B][/URL][/CENTER]
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04-04-2007, 08:29 PM	#9
Znod ABXpert Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Phoenix AZ Posts: 3,136	I understand you felt need to back up back up. I have backed off from so much backing up because I quit protecting against fires. But, given normal circumstances, there is nothing better than a current disk image. My files are double backed up on an external drive. __________________ [CENTER][sigpic][/sigpic] [COLOR="DeepSkyBlue"][/COLOR][URL=http://homepage.mac.com/donv1/.Pictures/Vista/Bannerxx.jpg][B]Larger Sig Pic Linked Here[/B][/URL][/CENTER]
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04-07-2007, 08:38 AM	#10
pally01 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 6	How about encrypted? Identity theft and all that...
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