Spyware infiltrates blogs... so switch to Firefox advice an expert of Webroot Software
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Posted by Darheel on Thu, 02/24/2005 - 21:16 :: Spreading Firefox
Hackers are using blogs to infect computers with spyware, exposing serious security flaws in self-publishing tools used by millions of people on the Web.
"It is one more link in the commerce chain of illicit adware," said Richard Stiennon, chief of technology at Webroot Software, a maker of anti-spyware technology.
"If auto-generated Web sites such as blog sites allow the inclusion of ActiveX and JavaScript, they are a great place for spyware writers to try to induce the blogger or Web page owner into including some active code," he said.
Webroot's Stiennon advises people to switch to the Mozilla Foundation's Firefox Web browser for reading blogs. Either do that, or change IE security settings to deactivate ActiveX or JavaScript in the Web browser, he said.
Full article in TechRepublic
"It is one more link in the commerce chain of illicit adware," said Richard Stiennon, chief of technology at Webroot Software, a maker of anti-spyware technology.
"If auto-generated Web sites such as blog sites allow the inclusion of ActiveX and JavaScript, they are a great place for spyware writers to try to induce the blogger or Web page owner into including some active code," he said.
Webroot's Stiennon advises people to switch to the Mozilla Foundation's Firefox Web browser for reading blogs. Either do that, or change IE security settings to deactivate ActiveX or JavaScript in the Web browser, he said.
Full article in TechRepublic
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