On Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 1:57:30 PM UTC-7, Soundhaspriority wrote:
"John O" <johnos...@lottaspamheathkit.com> wrote in message news:QqRZk.6137$hc1....@flpi150.ffdc.sbc.com...
Funny that you should mention it, but one of the possibilities
(in my very, very ignorant assessment) is that I'd saved a .pdf
from a RUSSIAN website about pistols. The combination of Adobe
and Russia, the timing, well... I say shoot first, ask questions
later. But that's just me.
There are several active PDF exploits, and I just read an article about some almost-uncurable and undetectable root kit stuff that uses PDF or flash as a vector. If you have the latest Acrobat viewer and flash plug-in versions you're safe from these, for now.
Way too much stuff for a simple answer, and I'm too ignorant of
the topic to even assess likely culprits, but I've saved various
versions of things for analysis, and I intend to get smarter soonest.
It's overwhelming to keep up with all of it, unless it's part of a job description. I subscribe to this: http://windowssecrets.com/ newsletter. Tossed them a few paypal dollars to get the better edition, and its worth every penny. Easy to understand, the authors are very good, and most of the articles are interesting.
-John O
I haven't looked at it, but it sounds like a great idea who isn't compulsive about updates. I myself didn't take it seriously until perhaps 2002, when I got bit. Then I looked at my firewall logs, and I saw attack vectors constantly hammering at the firewall, looking for a way in.
And the word "firewall" is misleading, because the word suggests that, if you have one, you're safe. It is not an informative word for the consumer. Bob Morein
(310) 237-6511
I had this issue recently. My audiograbber is 12 years old and never have been detected.
I think Norton is getting paid to remove programs because they want CD to remain in the disk ..
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