Warning wowwiki.com or break.com virus

[algol]

This is the only secure / safe computer:

That's not safe. It looks like some damn user is about to plug in the network cable so they can start downloading spyware.

[not5150]

This is the only secure / safe computer:

That's not safe. It looks like some damn user is about to plug in the network cable so they can start downloading spyware.

Bwahaha - I love it how we multiboxers tend to look at things differently!

To me, it looks like someone is using 802.11b with no encryption. The horror!

[wowphreak]

Moral of the story is get something that blocks adds and doesn't run everything, like java random pluggins ...

yeh know like firefox with adblock and noscript

Default firefox aint no better then IE but firefox allows yeh fairly painless way of fixing it with addons

"Firefox's reputation as the anti-virus browser "
its not that firefox is better at dealing with virus its just that its easier to change firefox's "default allow everything"

[Hachoo]

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[Zseth]

Sigh, how I have missed the Suvega crazy man calmed down by the Vyndree common sense. *hug* to you both

[Ellusionist]

^ This!

I actually wear this shirt at least once a week at my computer repair shop.

[Ellusionist]

I must say it's nearly impossible to receive a virus/spyware/adaware/etc-aware by using X web browser as long as you don't install browser addons or download and run software. Unknowingly install software, and you're done for. There are only a few pieces of software that are okay for the common user to install: Macromedia Flash, Shockwave, and JRE. If you can't browse the web using only these "addons", then you're fucked.

Of course I keep an unbiased attitude when someone comes in my shop that "has a virus" and goes on to say they're all over myspace and facebook, but deep inside I couldn't hate social networking sites any more.

No one wants to see a grainy webcam picture of your 12-year-old daughter's ass. Sorry!

[Tweester]

Every now and then, in addition to running avg, I'll run Rootkit Revealer (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb897445.aspx) as an added check. Maybe that would be a good next step if your issues are persistant? (I'm no security guru, though, so one of these super smart peeps can verify)

And, not sure if this is relevant to the OPs situation, but if you're running firefox, one of the first things I set up with it on a new machine is go to Tools > Options > Privacy and set states on the following

1. uncheck - Remember what I enter in forms and the search bar
2. check - accept cookies from sites (set any exceptions)
2a. uncheck - accept third-party cookies
2b. set 'Keep until' to 'I close Firefox'
3. check - Always clear my private data when I close Firefox
3b. settings - click the settings tab and check every box
4. uncheck - Ask me before clearing private data

Then everytime I close my browser (you have to close them all) it clears my browsing, download, search and form history, the cache, cookies, offline website data, any saved passwords, and authenticated sessions.

I don't know if there is an automated option for clearing all those items on close in IE.

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[Gurk]

I am actually a fan of MS and really like almost everything they do. However I use Firefox for 1 reason. When I close the browser, or it crashes, it will open again with all the same tabs it closed with. IE7 and 8 kind of do this, but it always involves extra clicks or saving "favorite groups". All more effort then I want to put in.

I also feel much safer with Ad-Blocker and No script in Firefox.

I really wish MS added those 3 features with IE8.