Trojan Horse Malware Warning
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Trojan Horse Malware Warning
This morning while on the Corvette Forum and suddenly the Malware software lit up and said that there was a Trojan Horse Software trying to download into my computer while actively on the Corvette Forum.
I was reading posts from the top down on the C4 Tech/Performance page when the breach was attempted.
I am tired of people trying to damage other folks computers. I am glad the software caught it. I hope you all have the ability to catch this one before it gets into your PC.
Good Luck!!
Best regards,
Chris
I was reading posts from the top down on the C4 Tech/Performance page when the breach was attempted.
I am tired of people trying to damage other folks computers. I am glad the software caught it. I hope you all have the ability to catch this one before it gets into your PC.
Good Luck!!
Best regards,
Chris
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There are two zero-day vulnerabilities that were announced today for Chrome that has exploitation code in the wild. If you are using Chrome, I say just stop. :-)
Or upgrade. Not sure if you were using Chrome or not.
Or upgrade. Not sure if you were using Chrome or not.
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This has nothing to do with UNIX/Windows. This is a Chrome browser bug that exploits a use-after-free bug. Your Linux OS is just as vulnerable as a Windows one.
No, don't ask me what I do for a living. :-D
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The CHROME on your Linux OS is just as vulnerable as the one on Windows.
The vulnerabilities of one OS over another is indeed fact, not opinion. :-) I've been burnt by Windows a couple of times in my career.
Yeah, I run a lot of RHEL and MacOS at home with Windows as my media server (cord cutter, so I'm still using Media Center). :-)
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Update Chrome. The fix is rolling out today.
Do you folks run a firewall at home ? Or are you connected straight to your modem (cable or otherwise) ?
I have a fairly good router with a built in firewall. It will help keep you from getting hit by malware worms/trojans etc.
The forum itself (ie: their machine(s) would have had to been compromised for the attack to come from the forum itself.
Do you folks run a firewall at home ? Or are you connected straight to your modem (cable or otherwise) ?
I have a fairly good router with a built in firewall. It will help keep you from getting hit by malware worms/trojans etc.
The forum itself (ie: their machine(s) would have had to been compromised for the attack to come from the forum itself.
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I meant in general (running a firewall). They will stop a worm from probing for open ports, etc. I know if they get in via a web browser a firewall doesn't help.
With the sites allowing ads and such being pushed in from all over, who knows what gets injected into a browser.
With the sites allowing ads and such being pushed in from all over, who knows what gets injected into a browser.