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Hijacked! New Browser Exploits Plague Web
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| 07-09-04
| The Heavy Equipment Guy
Posted on 07/09/2004 5:27:22 AM PDT by backhoe
There is a new plague of viruses, trojans, and exploits hammering web users... and no one easy solution.
Be advised, I will add the most useful information I have found so far in the first reply, which I am doing for the sake of simple formatting ease.
First off, here's the most current info and links- follow and read all of it:
There are new, nastier browser hijackers flooding the web- the best help is here, but be warned, you have to do most yourself and learn to use some new tools. The old anti-virus software does not work on this new series of bugs:
In my comments that follow is the first block of information, in the reply is the second, more detailed:
TOPICS: Extended News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: getamac; internetexploiter; lookoutexpress; lowqualitycrap; microsoft; patch; securityflaw; trojan; virus; windows; worm
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To: N3WBI3; The Mayor
Security Update -
ShellBlock ShellBlock is a security fix update for Bug 250180. It disables the ability to call the shell protocol from within affected Mozilla programs. The shell protocol allows applications to call Windows Explorer using the protocol to run the file specified on the local machine. This update is for users of Mozilla 1.x (up to Mozilla 1.7), Mozilla Firefox (up to 0.9.1), and Mozilla Thunderbird (up to 0.7.1) on Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP only.
Mozilla 1.7.1, Firefox 0.9.2 and Thunderbird 0.7.2 have been released with this fix included.
For more information on the issue, read What Mozilla Users should know about the shell: protocol security issue.
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posted on
07/09/2004 6:58:29 AM PDT
by
Eagle9
To: The Mayor
Is it similar to Netscape enough that someone with a brain cell deficiency could change over?
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posted on
07/09/2004 6:58:34 AM PDT
by
tubebender
(If I had known I would live this long I would have taken better care of myself...)
To: Eagle9
Thank you! I will go over all that info....
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posted on
07/09/2004 7:07:31 AM PDT
by
The Mayor
(The true measure of our wealth is the treasure we have in heaven)
To: tubebender
Yes, it is easy just a little getting use to..
64
posted on
07/09/2004 7:08:29 AM PDT
by
The Mayor
(The true measure of our wealth is the treasure we have in heaven)
To: backhoe
Thanks for the updates......
65
posted on
07/09/2004 7:32:12 AM PDT
by
.45MAN
("Vote for Life, Vote for Freedom ,Vote for Bush")
To: backhoe
They gained 3,000+ new members between yesterday and today!Definitely a sign of the times. I wish the idiots that write this code would put their knowledge to work on something good, for crying out loud.
You ***ROCK***! :-)
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posted on
07/09/2004 7:33:43 AM PDT
by
dansangel
(*PROUD to be a knuckle-dragging, toothless, inbred, right-wing, Southern, gun-toting Neanderthal *)
To: Eagle9
Thanks for the post but I am running on Linux..
67
posted on
07/09/2004 7:34:01 AM PDT
by
N3WBI3
To: backhoe
68
posted on
07/09/2004 8:10:30 AM PDT
by
VOA
To: AntiGuv
69
posted on
07/09/2004 8:17:03 AM PDT
by
backhoe
(-30-)
To: .45MAN; dansangel
70
posted on
07/09/2004 8:18:29 AM PDT
by
backhoe
(Just an old Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the Trackball into the Sunset...)
To: Eagle9
71
posted on
07/09/2004 8:58:22 AM PDT
by
exnavy
To: backhoe
bump for reading later
Thanks for posting this.
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posted on
07/09/2004 9:14:06 AM PDT
by
csvset
To: csvset
73
posted on
07/09/2004 9:20:03 AM PDT
by
backhoe
(Just an old Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the Trackball into the Sunset...)
To: Vigilantcitizen; backhoe
Another great reason to bring back summary public
flogging executions. Virus writers.
There, that's better.
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posted on
07/09/2004 9:25:06 AM PDT
by
7.62 x 51mm
(• Veni • Vidi • Vino •)
To: Vigilantcitizen; backhoe
Another great reason to bring back summary public
flogging executions. Virus writers.
There, that's better.
75
posted on
07/09/2004 9:44:06 AM PDT
by
7.62 x 51mm
(• Veni • Vidi • Vino •)
To: backhoe
76
posted on
07/09/2004 10:29:21 AM PDT
by
lilylangtree
(Veni, Vidi, Vici)
To: All
77
posted on
07/09/2004 12:21:56 PM PDT
by
backhoe
(Just an old Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the Trackball into the Sunset...)
To: Tuscaloosa Goldfinch
Sure thing! It's no problem. Turns out I'm not gonna be around this evening but if you do decide to ping me about this then what you should do is run SpyBot and then post a list of whatever items you can't or don't fix. I need to know the exact name of the subentries, particularly any registry entries. By example, at least one of them should look like this:
HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\0\1004=W=3
Like that, or very similar. You may have multiple entries (some of which might look rather different). Anyhow, ping me if you want!
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posted on
07/09/2004 2:41:25 PM PDT
by
AntiGuv
(™)
To: AntiGuv
...it took an eight-day battle until I finally tracked down the hidden .dll reloader file and deleted the wretched thing using c//: prompt commands in MS-DOS mode... It's a lot easier to just reinstall everything.
To: FreeReign
Not for me it wouldn't have been. No need to go into all the details!
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posted on
07/09/2004 9:44:50 PM PDT
by
AntiGuv
(™)
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