Everybody upgrade to Firefox 3.6 now....

[TuxDave]

This seems like another place to repeat what my IT guy at work told us last week:

Warning - there is a new method for installing the virus mentioned in this thread. There's a pop-up window. When you click the "x" in the top right corner to close that pop-up, they've managed to make that part of the pop-up the place to click to "sure, go ahead. I give you permission to install this software."
At work, we've been instructed to immediately cut the power to our system when we see such a popup. (Sorry, I don't have a screen capture of the particular popup to place here so you know what to watch out for.)
It was either last Thursday or Friday that our AV protection had an update to protect from that attack.

alt-f4 not good enough?

 

[citan x]

A more elegant solution would be to kill the process in Task Manager.

I would just press ALT+F4. Whenever I get an iffy popup, I don't like to click anything to be sure.

 

[citan x]

Turn off the main electrical service to the building. It's the only way to be sure

I'd say take off and nuke the entire site. It's THE only way to be sure.

 

[Rage187]

fuck linux is awesome.

what do they say? Linux is free, if your time is worthless.

 

[StrangerGuy]

what do they say? Linux is free, if your time is worthless.

I remember trying Ubuntu a few years ago. Oh the horrors of using a cryptic command line just to install drivers for a Nvidia card.

 

[Meghan54]

Think out of the box and keep the nasties away from your PC completely. No need for software that slows down your system and offers little defense against the newer threats!

http://www.yoggie.com/Internet-Security

Interesting device, but it's only as good as the underlying AV security software installed on it, which in this case is a version of Kaspersky AV. So, is this version more effective than the off-the-shelf Kaspersky?

 

[lxskllr]

I remember trying Ubuntu a few years ago. Oh the horrors of using a cryptic command line just to install drivers for a Nvidia card.

It's sometimes very easy. I run Linux on my secondary computers. When it works, it works great. Sometimes you run into issues, and it can be a big time sink. If it's been a few years since you've tried Ubuntu, you should try it again. You may be surprised.

 

[Rubycon]

Interesting device, but it's only as good as the underlying AV security software installed on it, which in this case is a version of Kaspersky AV. So, is this version more effective than the off-the-shelf Kaspersky?

I believe what makes it better is that all screening is done BEFORE anything reaches YOUR PC. That's how it's done here using security devices.

 

[Modular]

Turns out my super secure netbook (ad blocking + antivirus) got hit by a drive by virus. I was running firefox 3.5.7

I was visiting pirate bay, just browsing to see whats available. A friend of mine asked me on IM to see if there was an ISO for vista basic x32 (his laptop uses that but he cant find the bloody cd to reinstall). I just searched 'vista basic' and i didnt even click the links. I think I may have taken my mouse over one of the links, and next thing I know my antivirus (Avira) got disabled and there was 'xp guardian' saying my computer is at risk.

everybody update to 3.6. I hope 3.6 will actually fix it. For firefox to get hit by a virus or spyware so easily is just shocking. I am going to remove the stuff, but I may have to reinstall the bloody netbook because of this virus shit.

LoL you tool... you got what you deserved.

 

[Nik]

I remember trying Ubuntu a few years ago. Oh the horrors of using a cryptic command line just to install drivers for a Nvidia card.

You should try a stage 1 Gentoo install.

 

[ShawnD1]

You should try a stage 1 Gentoo install.

I tried installing Linux once. I was then charged with attempted suicide.


Wouldn't most of the OP's problems be avoided if he ran as a limited user and/or kept Windows UAC enabled? I turned UAC off because it's annoying as hell, but I'm pretty sure this is the kind of thing it's good at preventing. Trying to write anything to Program Files or Windows will prompt for UAC authorization, which would stop the virus.

 

[silverpig]

You should try a stage 1 Gentoo install.

Do they still have those? I did a few back in the day...

 

[Nik]

Do they still have those? I did a few back in the day...

Ya, they do. It sucks. Took my 1.6gig nearly a week to install. 3 freakin days for bootstrap, if I remember right. It was obscene.

 

[silverpig]

Ya, they do. It sucks. Took my 1.6gig nearly a week to install. 3 freakin days for bootstrap, if I remember right. It was obscene.

Must have changed dramatically then. IIRC it took about 60 minutes to set up the disks etc and download the stage1 tarball and set up all the files. Maybe 90 with all the editing and what not. Bootstrapping would take a few hours (dinner), then emerge <long list of packages> (overnight). I'd start at 6 pm and it'd be all ready to go the next morning.

Did you make sure to set the makeopts -j5 (or -j<# of threads you can run +1>)?

 

[JujuFish]

You know Failfox is the most insecure app on your PC, right?

You know judging an app based on it patching insecurities is stupid, right?

You also know that Firefox 3.5.8 has 0 unpatched Secunia advisories, unlike Chrome (1) and IE (4), right?