What was the name of the virus/worm/trojan/malware?
The most common attack vector today is from reputable websites. They compromise legitimate websites and infect trusting users.
If you didn’t give permission for something to run, then there is a much larger issue going on than a simple script imbeded in a web page.
I assume you are running some version of Windows...? What browser?
I just went there. No pop up and no suspicious script asking to run, at least on her homepage.
You mods have some pretty good virus/malware indicators. You got any idea of this?
I’ve heard for a long time her site was infected with all kinds of bugs. I never go there because of this, and never will.
The folks who wrote the virus for Orly’s web site are stupid.
You don’t expose yourself right away. You wait awhile, then do it. Makes it almost impossible to figure out which web site installed the virus.
Does your company have an policy regarding Internet use at work? It should, and if it does, visiting non-work related sites may be violating the policy. Be careful. Your computer usage may be logged.
I heard that if you curse Google, you get a virus that makes your computer send in votes for Obama.
>The IT guy said that if it was a personal computer, the machine would have been almost destroyed. <
BS. (Not to you, but your ‘IT’ guy or whatever he called himself)
In a previous life, I was employed as a consultant for a well-known AV company in L.A. and have seen and witnessed almost every known malware known to “shut down” Mac and Windows systems. You can also catch me on the Avast forums as an ‘evangelist”. What was the name of this splendid malware because if he completely re-booted the system and cleaned out the hard drive, he’s not certified to fix stuff because there are procedures on how to neutralize the culprit without even resorting to such draconian measures. Not even once did any of our staff surrender any PC because any machine is worth saving due to the information in the hard drive.
“I just wanted to post this so that others from FR will be careful when visiting her website.”
Welcome to Free Republic.
When posting a “concern” it is best not to appear to be using “concern troll” reverse psychology giving the appearance of pushing FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) at FReepers who may want to go to Orly's site.
Orly's site has been under constant attack and she claims it is well protected. There has been a concerted effort to claim that her site is virus infested to discourage visits there, which has worked to a certain extent even now. You have also failed to provide any useful information which could be of help to others in assessing their own vulnerability, such as you operating system, AV program and firewall...
She has a history of not listening to people who tell her about problems with her site. So, I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if you got whacked there. No way would I click and go there.
Visited Orly’s esteemed site..a few moments ago..no aswangs encountered.
Orly Taitz IS a virus.
Nothing new. Taitz’s site has been infested with Chinese malware for the past two years.
If your machine was not a “personal computer” then what was it?
Also did it have antivirus/antimalware running, and what kind?
Also, what browser was being used?
There shouldn’t be any reason for a browser application to break outside the browser and nuke a bunch of files.
For serious caution heads, there’s always Linux, or things like the “safe run” sandbox that you get with Kaspersky (you can start your browser in it, and it provides a second level of virtual environment protection in case something like javascript manages to pry its way outside the browser).
Me smell noob poop.
That happened to me too when I visited the site months ago. A window popped up and asked if I wanted to run a scan as my computer was infected. I clicked on the ‘x’ to close the window without answering and that was the magic password to get lots of nasty things downloaded to my computer.
I took it in to get it fixed and was told that when one of those windows pops up, just shut down the computer without closing anything because a ‘yes’, ‘cancel’, ‘no’ or just trying to close those windows can be programmed to download viruses and such on your computer.
The main attacks her site seems to get are Javascript insertions. So, before going on her site, disable Javascript ( and Java to b eobn the safe side ) in your browser. In Firefox, it is under Tools- Options - Content.