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Virus question

Dorkenstein

Dorkenstein

Diamond Member
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.
 
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.




 
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.
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exactly,



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