That doesn't matter, all it takes is ONE site, and the harmful things are always hidden where no one can see them. You can go to a decent, legit, mainstream popular site you'd never think would have malware, and they DO. All of those ad*s and a/d banners, a*dve*rtis*ements, etc., you see at websites are usually loaded with malware. They each can not only have malware cookies embedded within them, but other things as well like harmful scripts, vbs, etc.
An HTML formatted email is the exact same thing as a webpage as far as code goes. So whatever a webpage can do, and whatever can be embedded within it, so can it in an HTML formatted email. If you have some type of exe malware on your PC, like a Trojan Downloader for one example, it can download malware without your knowledge. This is why a *GOOD* firewall and *PROPERLY CONFIGURED* firewall is a must, and at least weekly scans by all of the anti-malware programs: AdAware, SpyBot, SpywareGuard, SpywareBlaster, CWShredder, HijackThis, and whatever else you can find. All of these mentioned are free, and you find their downloads at any search engine. Some of this run silently in the background and are not "scanners", but like I stated earlier are prophylaxis type programs. These are SpywareBlaster, SpywareGuard, and SpyBot's "Resident Shield" & "TeaTimer". Remember, not one single anti-malware program alone will find everything. EACH of these anti-malware programs have their faults! This is why it is imperative that ALL of them are run on a regular basis to ensure a PC is as clean and malware-free as possible. "CyberTerrorist" type websites are unfortunately becoming more and more prevalent, and all it takes is an instant after visiting one (or getting an HTML email) for it to download a Worm, Virus, Trojan, HiJack, etc., on a computer. If you look in the archives for my posts on these matters, you'll get all the details you need and which anti-malware programs to use. These have some of the info in them: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg09448.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg09449.html I'll post an FYI email on anti-malware programs next. It's from a portion of a "Readme" type file I include with all new PC's. -Clint God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com ) ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In a message dated 8/14/2004 2:47:05 AM Eastern Daylight Time, support orpheuscomputing.com writes: > After your run AdAware and remove any malware, run it again to be sure it > removed it. Then, if it shows up again it's going to continue to show up due > to either sites your visiting, or software you're running Thanks for all your help Clint. If I wasn't so exhausted I'd do some of this stuff right now. But the thing is, I almost never go to any sites and it comes up. Most nights I just do most of my e-mails and that's it! And I'm not running any new software. So how can this still get on? I installed new software about a month ago, but I've only been picking up Apropos for about 2 weeks. I'm sure I ran the spyware thing a few times after the installation of the new software and got no spies until two weeks later. Plus, I haven't even used the software besides the night I installed it. Dale ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
