On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 5:58 PM, Jeff Lasman <jpli...@nobaloney.net> wrote:
> I'd like some suggestions from anyone, please...
>
> First ... do NOT click on the link below unless after reading my entire email
> you're satisfied that it's safe for you to do so; you've been warned.
>
> I got an email from someone I hadn't heard from in over a year, and my
> instinct got the best of me; I clicked on the link which was the only contents
> of the email.
>
> The link was/is: http://teamtheme.in/home/index.php
>
> It immediately redirected to a site which no longer exists.
>
> Is it possible I've infected my computer?  I'd think so, but I don't study all
> the possible methods of attack through Mozilla.
>
> So my question is what should I do to clean this up?

The problem is not with getting your computer infected. The problem resides
in some random website being vulnerable to XSS and somehow it spits
your cookies to a malicious website, allowing them to authenticate as
you. I'd suggest changing your passwords at this point.

--
Dante
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