Moderators hazelnut Posted May 19, 2006 Moderators Share Posted May 19, 2006 Yet another new threat today. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1965042,00.asp Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldmannen Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 Scary little thing. Be careful with ALL attachments. Never open attachments from strangers. And when coming from friends, beware of them then too. ALWAYS do a virus-scan on attachments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted May 20, 2006 Moderators Share Posted May 20, 2006 Ever since I started using Windows back in Sept '98 MS Word .doc files have always been an exploitable threat so another "new" attack isn't really nothing new at all it's rather expected. Just follow Eldmannen's advice and have up-to-date antivirus software installed to negate allot of headaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misao Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 Scary little thing. Be careful with ALL attachments. Never open attachments from strangers. And when coming from friends, beware of them then too. ALWAYS do a virus-scan on attachments. Yeah definately watch out even from so called friends too, remember one of mine sent me an attachment, it turned out to be a virus, luckily it was just one for the laughter at making u screem as u think ur comp is being destroyed when nothing is really happening, but it shook me enough never to trust my friends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted May 21, 2006 Moderators Share Posted May 21, 2006 remember one of mine sent me an attachment, it turned out to be a virus Allot of people don't know how to secure and protect their computers, and thus their ineffective security measures put everyone at risk they send or share files with. My motto is plain and simple: I don't trust any file from anyone or any server until I've scanned it with multiple antimalware applications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted May 21, 2006 Author Moderators Share Posted May 21, 2006 Very, very, sensible Andavari. I think sometimes people who are new to computers, do not realise that you can right-click on a downloaded file or attachment before you open it, and choose to scan it with one of your antivirus or malware programs. Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1984 Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 i use ewido, spybot, adaware, etrust anitivirus, zonealarm firewall, cwshredder, spyware blaster, and dont surf porn or hacker sites, and i never get popups or spyware or virus, etc. nothing fancy, though i have tried many paid for products, but i really believe if you think before you click you shouldnt have any problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted May 22, 2006 Moderators Share Posted May 22, 2006 but i really believe if you think before you click you shouldnt have any problems. However, if a file is clean on some-download-website.com and then goes through an infected computer on its routed way to you it can get infected, therefore scan everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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