By default, your computer looks to find where a website is located by
first looking at a file on your own computer, then by asking a server
where it is, only then can your computer display that website.
What if that file on your computer told your web browser a site didn't
exist? You would never get there from here!
Now, if a known good website has a command in it to make your web
browser visit another website that is known to contain crapware, and
that file on your computer told your web browser that it doesn't exist -
you would never get infected... Nice, eh?
Now this is a file you yourself would have to regularly update as the
list of known crapware sites is always increasing. So if you're
interested in protecting yourself more, visit this website:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
Works on any operating system.
Follow the instructions and you will do fine.
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Sincerely,
Daniel H. Renner
President
Los Angeles Computerhelp
A division of Computerhelp, Inc.
818-352-8700
http://losangelescomputerhelp.com
Gregory Hicks wrote:
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:22:43 -0800
From: "Daniel H. Renner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [funsec] Malvertising
As was seen when MySpace visitors were hit last October in attacks via
advertising banners, and a year ago when 1 million MySpace visitors were
hit via banners, and when Falk-Ag was hit, and when...
Can you say "hosts file"?
I can. But how does this help?
Sincerely,
Daniel H. Renner
President
Los Angeles Computerhelp
A division of Computerhelp, Inc.
818-352-8700
http://losangelescomputerhelp.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 21:53:45 -0600
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [funsec] Malvertising
To: <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=3727
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