Virus question

[Dorkenstein]

How does a virus just "appear" in one's Firefox cache? I wasn't downloading anything but suddenly Kaspersky was giving me a virus warning. Thanks.

 

[DetroitSportsFan]

Every time you browse the web, you're actually downloading files. When a website has malicious code written in to it and you access it, you're downloading that code onto your sytem. Kapersky just happened to recognize it when it happened. I can go into more detail if you'd like, but thats a simple explanation as to what happened.

 

[Dorkenstein]

Cool, that's all I wanted to know. Thanks.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: DetroitSportsFan
Every time you browse the web, you're actually downloading files. When a website has malicious code written in to it and you access it, you're downloading that code onto your sytem. Kapersky just happened to recognize it when it happened. I can go into more detail if you'd like, but thats a simple explanation as to what happened.

exactly,



Dorkenstein, check out my prevention guide for tips on how to avoid this.

 

[mechBgon]

Out of curiosity, what virus was it (if you remember or have it logged)?