The exploit is not against any old gadget , it has to be an insecure one in the first place in order to enable an exploit.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Allen Elwood RR Sent: 17 December 2013 03:13 To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] Tech Alert *TURN YOUR GADGETS OFF* before you get hacked no, but i follow all standard practices to avoid infection, and this was my first virus at home had a few at work when someone opened an invoice, that wasn't really an invoice, clicked on the attachment and the entire company was infected in seconds... norton was unable to remove it, so i loaded up microsoft security essentials which deleted the infected backup .dll and automagically downloaded a new one from the net for the system32 directory and the backup to that. *nice* On 12/16/2013 6:29 PM, Bob Rasmussen wrote: > Allen, do you have any evidence that gadgets were the way you got > infected? > > This article: > http://www.microsoft.com/security/pc-security/gadgets.aspx > seems to suggest that with proper and up-to-date anti-malware > software, gadgets are no more dangerous than other installable programs. > > On Mon, 16 Dec 2013, Allen Elwood RR wrote: > >> >> Tech Alert *TURN YOUR GADGETS OFF* before you get hacked >> >> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/dn261332 >> >> :shock: >> >> hacker's found a way to get inside your gadgets and take control of >> your computer >> >> this explains how i got hacked last month - my computer was acting >> odd and really slow - the hard drive was thrashing like crazy and i >> knew something wasn't right so i walked to the wireless router and >> pulled the power cord. did a full disk virus scan and had a couple of >> really nasty trojans and 250+ spyware apps all active at the same time. >> >> wonder WHY it was so slow! :lol: >> >> they also got my password to my roadrunner email and started blasting >> spam, i started getting mail delivery failures, put 2+2=5 together >> and changed my password. after that i immediately got a spam - kinda >> like a "nanner nanner we got you" thing. >> >> gadgets off now. i miss them already. the clock gadget disappeared >> and i started looking around to see what was up and found this alert >> by Microsoft >> >> you know, you'd a thunk maybe they'd let us know??? >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> U2-Users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users >> > > Regards, > ....Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc. > > personal e-mail: [email protected] > company e-mail: [email protected] > voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time) > fax: (US) 503-624-0760 > web: http://www.anzio.com > street address: Rasmussen Software, Inc. > 10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9 > Portland, OR 97223 USA > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
