be careful "downloading"
05-18-2011, 03:19 AM
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From Yahoo News this morning-
Microsoft: One in 14 Downloads Is Malicious
"The next time a website says to download new software to view a movie or fix a problem, think twice. There's a pretty good chance that the program is malicious.
In fact, about one out of every 14 programs downloaded by Windows users turns out to be malicious, Microsoft said Tuesday. And even though Microsoft has a feature in its Internet Explorer browser designed to steer users away from unknown and potentially untrustworthy software, about 5 percent of users ignore the warnings and download malicious Trojan horse programs anyway." ................
the article goes on to say that it is hard to sneak malicious downloads past your PC security, so they get YOU to approve the download. It is called social engineering.
"Social engineering is how the Koobface virus spreads on Facebook. Users get a message from a friend telling them to go and view a video. When they click on the link, they're then told that they need to download some sort of video playing software in order to watch. That software is actually a malicious program.
Social-engineering hackers also try to infect victims by hacking into Web pages and popping up fake antivirus warnings designed to look like messages from the operating system. Download these and you're infected. The criminals also use spam to send Trojans, and they will trick search engines into linking to malicious websites that look like they have interesting stories or video about hot news such as the royal wedding or the death of Osama bin Laden."
whole story here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/2011...adsismalicious;_ylt=AhngmxfOTF6DpE3mE9elX.d1EcF_;_ylu=X3oDMTNyMH JqNjk3BGFzc2V0A3Bjd29ybGQvMjAxMTA1MTgvbWljcm9zb2Z0 b25laW4xNGRvd25sb2Fkc2lzbWFsaWNpb3VzBGNjb2RlA2dtcH JkbmJlBGNwb3MDNgRwb3MDNgRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3JpZXME c2xrA21pY3Jvc29mdG9uZQ--
I am so paranoid even if I have to download something I know is safe, like Adobe Reader, I go to cnet.com and download it from there. That is the only site I trust. And I never click on any of those things on facebook.
Microsoft: One in 14 Downloads Is Malicious
"The next time a website says to download new software to view a movie or fix a problem, think twice. There's a pretty good chance that the program is malicious.
In fact, about one out of every 14 programs downloaded by Windows users turns out to be malicious, Microsoft said Tuesday. And even though Microsoft has a feature in its Internet Explorer browser designed to steer users away from unknown and potentially untrustworthy software, about 5 percent of users ignore the warnings and download malicious Trojan horse programs anyway." ................
the article goes on to say that it is hard to sneak malicious downloads past your PC security, so they get YOU to approve the download. It is called social engineering.
"Social engineering is how the Koobface virus spreads on Facebook. Users get a message from a friend telling them to go and view a video. When they click on the link, they're then told that they need to download some sort of video playing software in order to watch. That software is actually a malicious program.
Social-engineering hackers also try to infect victims by hacking into Web pages and popping up fake antivirus warnings designed to look like messages from the operating system. Download these and you're infected. The criminals also use spam to send Trojans, and they will trick search engines into linking to malicious websites that look like they have interesting stories or video about hot news such as the royal wedding or the death of Osama bin Laden."
whole story here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/2011...adsismalicious;_ylt=AhngmxfOTF6DpE3mE9elX.d1EcF_;_ylu=X3oDMTNyMH JqNjk3BGFzc2V0A3Bjd29ybGQvMjAxMTA1MTgvbWljcm9zb2Z0 b25laW4xNGRvd25sb2Fkc2lzbWFsaWNpb3VzBGNjb2RlA2dtcH JkbmJlBGNwb3MDNgRwb3MDNgRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3JpZXME c2xrA21pY3Jvc29mdG9uZQ--
I am so paranoid even if I have to download something I know is safe, like Adobe Reader, I go to cnet.com and download it from there. That is the only site I trust. And I never click on any of those things on facebook.
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