For the umpteenth million time: will everybody please just stop using Internet Explorer? Gheesh!There are a ton of browsers out there. ALL are better than IE and most of them leave IE in the dust.
Proud Opera/Firefox user :)
This affected my computer. I could run simple system maintenance programs. It is now fixed.
Punishes users. No, that Microsoft itself.
Ping
In advance of the "get a Mac" posts, I will pre-emptively state: I'd buy a Mac, but I'm not gay.
Man, this is sucking real bad. The other day, one of my computers got hit by a virus that affected the BIOS of the motherboard, I could NOT get the darn thing to boot, except perhaps 1 out of 20 times. Luckily I was able to flash the bios with a new version and saved that machine, but what a pain in the a$h...
Not a problem if Norton has the latest updates.
I got a couple of infected emails today, which Norton quarentined, but they were Sober and Beagle viruses.
Not all, but nearly all of these security problems are dealt with if you just keep your software updated.
I never really opened up the "Detectable Threats List" in Symantec AV until today.
There are 68,605 different viruses, trojans, etc. in the list.
Haven't used IE in a long time....FireFox user. Never had a pop up since I dropped IE. When I get the time, I'm dropping Windows and will go with a Linux based OS or may just (if the wife allows me to crack the budget) by a new iBook or a powerbook....been wanting to go Mac for some time now.
They say once you go Mac you won't go back.
bump!
No effect on Mozilla at all.
The Department of Homeland Security recommends
not using Internet Explorer.
Even the most ardent windows biggots owe it to the
rest of the country NOT TO USE MSIE. Its not a matter
of choice anymore, its a matter of internet security.
I'm confused. Just what IS a kind of html file that will have this trojan?
What do we watch for?
(tecnho-ninny here)
BTTT
Looks like ALL of my computers were swithched to firefox just in time. Of course, at the rate things attack IE, any time is just in time.
I haven't had an Adaware or PestPatrol alert, sinec I switched to Firefox. I was getting loads with IE 6.
That says enough for me.
Terminating Spyware With Extreme Prejudice~"It's like a baptism for your computer," Mr. Wagner said
ping list needed.
No worries here! I use Firefox ;-)
For the umpteenth million time: will everybody please just stop using Internet Explorer? Gheesh!There are a ton of browsers out there. ALL are better than IE and most of them leave IE in the dust.
Proud Opera/Firefox user :)
How does one go about obtaining viruses?
I'd hope Freepers would be smart enough to not open emails a la "Win a million dollars! Just click on this attachment to see how!"
bump for later