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comms · 16 Dec 2008

Bas seen as you work in the IT world, do you know is there a patch out for this security problem they have with IE, or is it best (as they said on 5live) to change browser?

Flippin pc's (ok hackers) pain in the backside.

experience · 16 Dec 2008

wrong section - but what issue is that with IE - and is that V6 or V7?
use firefox if your having problems
http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/firefox/

disinfo · 16 Dec 2008

experience said:
wrong section - but what issue is that with IE - and is that V6 or V7?
use firefox if your having problems
http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/firefox/

And to go one step further download some of the excellent addons such as noscript and adblock

comms · 16 Dec 2008

Thanks for the link all done & am on Firefox.

This is what I was on about
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3840101.stm

JonB · 16 Dec 2008

From what Ive read it was IE7 at fault. I didnt like IE7 & went back to IE6.
My wifes new lap top has Vista & IE8Beta, Which I am also trying seems OK up till now.
JonB

experience · 16 Dec 2008

comms said:
This is what I was on about
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3840101.stm[/QUOTE]
lol - that was 4 1/2 years ago IE5. I dont think you need to worry about that now
I think this is the one you were on about
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7784908.stm

dave.m · 16 Dec 2008

Comms,
That link is to a news report from June 2004.
This is the latest report:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7784908.stm

JonB
It is all versions of the Internet Explorer that can be compromised:

Microsoft says it has detected attacks against IE 7.0 but said the "underlying vulnerability" was present in all versions of the browser.

dave

Estrella · 16 Dec 2008

do you know is there a patch out for this security problem they have with IE

Not yet. This is Microsoft, they don't do things in a hurry.

or is it best (as they said on 5live) to change browser?

Yes.

TheKLF99 · 17 Dec 2008

I think it's clever in that news article how they don't tell you what to look out for when visiting a hacked site. It doesn't even tell you what the name of the virus is or anything.

If I'm right I'm guessing it's something like Koobface virus. If this is the case then this one is easy to deal with. When you get a message from your friend on Facebook telling you that they've seen you on a video and to click a Facebook link to view the video, e-mail your friend back to see if they really did send that message, if not ignore it and tell your friend to check their system for the Koobface virus.

The Koobface virus works by sending you a link to the Facebook redirect cgi page which redirects you to another website outside of Facebook with a video which is encoded in a special way. It makes Media Player believe you need a new codec to watch the video, the codec is the Koobface virus, so Media Player downloads and installs the codec, installing the virus (which then goes in and sends messages out through your facebook account to all your friends and family telling them to view this video, it also installs a proxy so all internet requests go through the hackers computer, so he can block things out such as anti-virus websites/anti-virus updates, he can also take stuff such as passwords, usernames, credit card details, etc)

If it's not then it's something new!

ban-all-sheds · 17 Dec 2008

Fortunately neither I nor any of my friends are sad enough to have a MySpace or Facebook account, nor trivial enough to be interested in anything billed as Paris Hilton Tosses Dwarf On The Street; Examiners Caught Downloading Grades From The Internet; Hello; You must see it!!! LOL. My friend catched you on hidden cam; Is it really celebrity? Funny Moments etc.

Nor am I stupid enough to click on a link which installs software without taking a great deal of care. This sort of thing has been around for years - when most people used modem connections it was software which replaced your ISP phone number with a premium rate one.

Most people, if they saw something that looked like food lying in a public place would not pick it up and shove it in their mouths. So why are they such trusting idiots when it comes to the internet?

Doc Lenny · 17 Dec 2008

The Patch will be available from 6.00pm this evening.

And then probably another patch to fix the problem with the patch that opens another vunrability

Estrella · 17 Dec 2008

Nor am I stupid enough to click on a link which installs software without taking a great deal of care. This sort of thing has been around for years - when most people used modem connections it was software which replaced your ISP phone number with a premium rate one.

Most people, if they saw something that looked like food lying in a public place would not pick it up and shove it in their mouths. So why are they such trusting idiots when it comes to the internet?

All very commendable. However you seem to have missed the point. The malicious code can be attahced to pretty much any website. This one for example. So not lowering yourself by visiting Myspace is not defence enough.

ban-all-sheds · 17 Dec 2008

The point is that at some point you click on a video link on a website which you know is not particularly well controlled, and you get told you need to install some new software.

Alarm bells should bl**dy well ring.

Estrella · 17 Dec 2008

The point is that at some point you click on a video link on a website which you know is not particularly well controlled, and you get told you need to install some new software.

Alarm bells should bl**dy well ring.

You are obviously far better informed than I am. Can you tell me what relevance video links have to this particular exploit, the one the OP was enquiring about ?

ban-all-sheds · 17 Dec 2008

TheKLF99 said:
If I'm right I'm guessing it's something like Koobface virus. If this is the case then this one is easy to deal with. When you get a message from your friend on Facebook telling you that they've seen you on a video and to click a Facebook link to view the video, e-mail your friend back to see if they really did send that message, if not ignore it and tell your friend to check their system for the Koobface virus.

The Koobface virus works by sending you a link to the Facebook redirect cgi page which redirects you to another website outside of Facebook with a video which is encoded in a special way. It makes Media Player believe you need a new codec to watch the video, the codec is the Koobface virus, so Media Player downloads and installs the codec, installing the virus (which then goes in and sends messages out through your facebook account to all your friends and family telling them to view this video, it also installs a proxy so all internet requests go through the hackers computer, so he can block things out such as anti-virus websites/anti-virus updates, he can also take stuff such as passwords, usernames, credit card details, etc)

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