weird malware message
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Stan Major
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I had also gotten that malware warning. Glad it is fixed. Thanks
Captains Cat
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Bill, could one of our recent Trolls have done this, or does it come from somewhere else?
Charlie
Charlie
No idea, Charlie. Even if I could track them down, nothing would come of knowing the responsible party.
Just a big game of whack-a-mole...they find a bug, exploit it, I remove it. Fortunately we've tools in place to provide early warning, so they've yet to have anything in place for more than an hour.
Just a big game of whack-a-mole...they find a bug, exploit it, I remove it. Fortunately we've tools in place to provide early warning, so they've yet to have anything in place for more than an hour.
I've no idea, Paul. Who knows what Avast is reporting on, but as we discussed last week, warnings from PC antivirus software for web sites are notoriously unreliable. I've never seen a warning from one for the C-Brats that was accurate, so I pay very little attention to them.
Running Chrome, Firefox or Safari and keeping it up to date is your best defense against web sites serving up malware, and warnings they display when visiting sites are typically legitimate. The short version why this is better - all current versions of these browsers use Google Safe Browsing technology, which is far superior to any standalone antivirus solution when it comes to reporting on dangerous web sites. In addition to providing the most comprehensive, accurate and timely warnings to users of these browsers, the technology that finds these web site exploits also reports them to the responsible web site owners.
This is why I've been able to kill these things off so fast...not because of any particular talent on my end. I simply get an email the minute Google notices these exploits, and when a site owner is subscribed to Google's webmaster tools (I am), they can go there and read a detailed report that pinpoints exactly where the problem is.
More details here, if anyone wishes to read up on it.
Running Chrome, Firefox or Safari and keeping it up to date is your best defense against web sites serving up malware, and warnings they display when visiting sites are typically legitimate. The short version why this is better - all current versions of these browsers use Google Safe Browsing technology, which is far superior to any standalone antivirus solution when it comes to reporting on dangerous web sites. In addition to providing the most comprehensive, accurate and timely warnings to users of these browsers, the technology that finds these web site exploits also reports them to the responsible web site owners.
This is why I've been able to kill these things off so fast...not because of any particular talent on my end. I simply get an email the minute Google notices these exploits, and when a site owner is subscribed to Google's webmaster tools (I am), they can go there and read a detailed report that pinpoints exactly where the problem is.
More details here, if anyone wishes to read up on it.
Thanks Bill, for your response.
I'm quite sure it's no coincidence that when investigating the details of the alert, Avast tries to sell me an upgrade to the service to which I now subscribe. The alert always indicates a threat has been detected, not that I've actually had a file infected. And multiple system scans seem to prove that out. I was hoping that the annoying message would eventually go away from some magical fix on your part, or that it would just die on it's own accord. In either case, I'm not too anxious about it at this point, but if it continues much longer I'll try to seriously do something about it. In any event, thanks for your information. I appreciate it.
Paul
I'm quite sure it's no coincidence that when investigating the details of the alert, Avast tries to sell me an upgrade to the service to which I now subscribe. The alert always indicates a threat has been detected, not that I've actually had a file infected. And multiple system scans seem to prove that out. I was hoping that the annoying message would eventually go away from some magical fix on your part, or that it would just die on it's own accord. In either case, I'm not too anxious about it at this point, but if it continues much longer I'll try to seriously do something about it. In any event, thanks for your information. I appreciate it.
Paul