Also don't open any files with the extension:
.htm .pdf .mp3 and more, they can contain executable code which installs a virus ... LAME. (The times we now live in).
Although IE8's DEP will prevent such event occuring (Yay for safer IE8)
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Also don't open any files with the extension:
.htm .pdf .mp3 and more, they can contain executable code which installs a virus ... LAME. (The times we now live in).
Although IE8's DEP will prevent such event occuring (Yay for safer IE8)
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Originally Posted by N!ck
Xmas e-card are sadly more believable
:D I love those look at picture things - do people actually fall for those??
OH NOEZZZZ! No more web designing, chart referring or music listening for me! :(Quote:
Originally Posted by 00chips
Unless you trust the source, if you're not being spied on by the Chinese government that is...Quote:
Originally Posted by Recursion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GhostNet
They actually hijacked emails, sent from infected computers, to add viruses within pdfs sent to other people in order to infect them.
That's pdf files, you cannot get a virus from an mp3 or .htm file (well I suppose you could from a .htm file redirecting you somewhere, but its' very unlikely)Quote:
Originally Posted by 00chips
I am safe :)
Is that your comment because you own a Mac? Even though, only people who don't know what they are doing are going to click links that end in LOOKATKATELALALA.EXE etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by HotelUser
No. It's because I'm not a moron and don't click files called SEXYMATT.PNG.EXE.Quote:
Originally Posted by MattGarner
Actually I wasn't even thinking anything about OS X. There might not be as many but there's still horror stories about some nasty infections for us.
You know you would click that!Quote:
Originally Posted by HotelUser
You just want me to click it for personal reasons which I cannot discuss!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by MattGarner