Do you use IE and Google Search?  |
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|  I received this notification from ZoneAlarm today:
"Gumblar is named after the Gumblar.cn exploit, which so far targets users of Internet Explorer and Google search, delivering malware through compromised sites that infects a user's PC and subsequently intercepts traffic between the user and the visited sites. This means that once infected, anything the victim types could be monitored and used to commit identity theft, such as stealing credit card numbers, Web passwords or other sensitive data. Visitors encountering the compromised website also risk having their subsequent search results replaced with links that point to other malicious websites. The malware can also steal FTP credentials from the victim's computer and use them to infect more sites, thus increasing the spread of this threat. So far, more than 3,000 websites have been attacked including Tennis.com, Variety.com and Coldwellbanker.com.
Who is at risk?
Users of Internet Explorer and Google's search engine."
If you are running the ZoneAlarm free firewall (or, worse still, no firewall at all), you could be at risk, since it does not include virtualization technology which protects from these types of stealth Web browser attacks.
The recommendation is to use Firefox and Yahoo or another search engine for the time being and to make sure that your Antivirus program is fully up to date.
More information on Gumblar here: http://news.softpedia.com...
Information on how to check whether you are already infected here: http://www.zonealarm.com/... under the heading "How do I know if I've been infected?"
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1.  crysontherocks77 (929)
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3 years ago
| |  I don't use IE or google much. IE is never use anymore because before they went out in version 7 I had a problem staying connected with so I connected to firefox and in all reality think it is better.
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| owlwings (12419)
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3 years ago
| | I agree that Firefox is much better than IE. When IE8 came out, I upgraded and checked it out with the identical 10 homepage tabs I use in Firefox. It took about 50% longer to load them and I like the interface less than IE7.
If I absolutely have to use IE, Firefox have an IE add in which makes any tab behave as if it were IE. | | | |
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| 2. tonyllenium (4705)
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3 years ago
| |  thanks for your description and your advice!as regards me i think i will almost safe i don't use internet explorer as browser and i don't use google toolbar or other search bars,i don't use google search as search engine,i have a firewall running here and even other security measures running almost good!!So normally this exploit are designed for mass technologies so internet explorer as browser or google as search engine...
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| owlwings (12419)
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3 years ago
| | I rarely use Google now since I switched to one (which is Yahoo based) that pays me just over 2p for each search. You can imagine how useful that is when an answer on MyLot needs a little research or when I need to research an article for Tasks! The details are in my Profile, if you're interested. | | | |
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| 4. getitok (137)
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3 years ago
| |  I don't think you can avoid malware by only change the browser and search engine. If it can be delivered by IE and Google search, then it also is possible by other browser and search engine.
And I believe IE and google will work out how to protect their users, though I don't like IE very much.
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| owlwings (12419)
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3 years ago
| | I agree that it would be unwise to trust to just changing the browser and avoiding Google. It is absolutely necessary to update AV and firewall products as well. However, discontinuing the use of IE and avoiding Google in favour of other search engines for the time being would appear to be sound advice. | | | |
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6.  savypat (13320)
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3 years ago
| |  Thank you for the warning, we will be careful not to use those search engines until we get an all clear. Google is the one we use the most.
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| owlwings (12419)
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3 years ago
| | As far as searching goes, I most often use the one you'll see mentioned in my Profile but Yahoo, Ask, and the new one, Bink (from MSN) are worth a look too, | | | |
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| 8. SnowWhiteAndSeven (228)
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3 years ago
| |  I am pretty much paranoid every day about security stuff. I always think by the time I find out about it, it's probably too late or my security software has been updated to fix it, lol. Not that I don't take it seriously. I've had a lot of malware sites blocked lately.
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| 9. Lulzycat (1)
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3 years ago
| |  Don't use internet explorer, because it is slow, laggy, and overall just really horrible. Switch over to firefox, you'll bemuch happier.
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10.  manayonboy (305)
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3 years ago
| |  i don't use IE i always use Firefox. but my search engine is always Google. how do i get that virus by downloading file?
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