Reread the article noted by Michael. All you have to do it click on it to open the web page. Actually last week I hit on another one. I was looking for the NTLDR Missing error which I was getting when booting a PC. One of the hits from Google opened a legitimate looking page similar to an AOL or MSN page with lots of panels. Near the bottom was one with lots of nonsense phrases about a horse jumping. At the same time my hard drive started going crazy and my virus checker (Avast) was spinning its icon. I hit the power switch and managed to avoid any viruses from getting installed. Later I read an news item that mentioned these kinds of web sites. The article calls them rogues.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Leafe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 11:52 AM Subject: Re: [NF] Search Google, click to massive malware attack? > On Nov 28, 2007, at 11:04 AM, Nicholas Geti wrote: > >> It is bad when clicking on links out of Google since you bypass your >> security software doing so and allow anything coming in. > > ??? > > How is a link from a Google search any different than a link on any > other page? > > -- Ed Leafe > -- http://leafe.com > -- http://dabodev.com > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
