On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 8:42 AM, Brad Paulsen wrote: > Abram, > > Just FYI... When I attempted to access the Web page in your message, > http://www.learnartificialneuralnetworks.com/ (that's without the > "backpropagation.html" part), my virus checker, AVG, blocked the attempt > with a message similar to the following: > > Threat detected! > Virus found: JS/Downloader.Agent > Detected on open > > Quarantined > > On a second attempt, I also got the IE 7.0 warning banner: > > "This website wants to run the following add-on: "Microsoft Data Access - > Remote Data Services Dat...' from 'Microsoft Corporation'. If you trust the > website and the add-on and want to allow it to run, click..." (of course, I > didn't click). > > This time, AVG gave me the option to "heal" the virus. I took this option. > > It may be nothing, but it also could be a "drive by" download attempt of > which the owners of that site may not be aware. >
Yes, the possibility that the site has been hacked should always be considered as javascript injection attacks are becoming more and more common. Because of this, the latest version of AVG has been made to be very suspicious about javascript. This is causing some false detections when AVG encounters very complicated javascript as it errs on the side of safety. And looking at the source code for that page there is one large function near the top that might well have confused AVG (or it could be a hack, I'm not a javascript expert!). However, I scanned the site with Dr Web antivirus and it said the site was clean and the javascript was ok. This site has not yet been scanned by McAfee Site Advisor, but I have submitted it to them to be scanned soon. Of course, if you use the Mozilla FireFox browser you are protected from many drive by infections. Especially if you use the AdBlock Plus and NoScript addons. BillK ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=111637683-c8fa51 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
