(Vanity) Is DRUDGEREPORT.COM spreading Computer viruses?

drudgereport ^ | 12-8-04 | me

[grandpiano007]

For the last two days, every time I visit Drudge, my computer gets hijacked by some pop-up virus. Am I the only one? I have to put the Yahoo-toolbar virus scanner on it and it tells me I got a Trojan horse hijacking my computer. It does get rid of it, but what's going on? Can someone please proof me wrong, so I can look for the cause somewhere else? Or have you experienced it too. Is drudge out of money or something to allow this scumware to infect his readers' computers?

[B.Bumbleberry]

I have used Mozilla for about 3 years and have had not problems, either of the kind you mention or of the kind discussed in this thread. It has been great. I tell everyone that IE should be dumped. I don't have experience with Firefox, but it is based on Mozilla. So, I have to wonder about your slams. Are you having problems on your own system, or is there something more sinister here, like maybe some Microsoft shills spouting off.

[KwasiOwusu]

"It seems our friend Kwasi has a history of being anti-open source software"

Open sourece software? What is that?
Oh you mean the garbage software.
Naah. Don't have any use for it.

# 1, where I come from(Ghana) Kwasi Owusu is very common name.
I'd say there are at least 500,000 Owusus out there and every male child born on a Sunday is called Kwasi.Its like John Smith in England, there are hundreds of thousands of them. As usual you didn't bother to do any research before opening your mouth, just like in your previous post. :) So sorry. :)

# 2, the following points from that poster are even more valid today than a year ago.
"In spite of all the Linux hype, Microsoft continues to INCREASE their market share in BOTH the desktop and servers, going up to an all time high of 55% in servers for 2002 according to IDC BR> Microsoft doesn't sound much to me like a company in trouble here do they?"

If anything Microsoft is even stronger financially today than they were last year.

Another excerpt: " We haven't even talked about Microsoft's RECORD sales and profits in the last quarter and the expected RECORD sales and profits in the current quarter in which Microsoft will achieve sales of $8 billion in one quarter for the first time in Microsoft history.
Then there is the little matter of a handsome $51 Billion in cash at the bank!"


Even more valid today than ever.
Until Microsoft paid out that huge dividend on Dec 2 (I got a very nice check for $6000) :)), Micrsooft's cash pile was even bigger than then at $60 Billion. Plus of course Microsoft is now making quarterly sales of $10 Billion, expect that to go over $10 Billion when this quarter's figures are released in January.

# 3, what has that got to do with the fact that I just clobbered you so far on every single point that you brought up? and continue to do so even as we speak?

You are losing on this thread so you go and drag up some rubbish from somewhere to shore up your fast failing defences? Typical. What else can you expect from weaselly loony left crazies?
Sounds to me like you are getting pretty desperate. :)

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[Jackknife]

Drudge has always made pop-ups. Get Mozilla Firefox browser ... it won't happen anymore.

[Jackknife]

See post #3.

[KwasiOwusu]

"Use Mozilla/Firefox/Thunderbird for your day to day work under any variant of Windows"

You won't find me dead touching any open source crap.
BTW, my day to day work must be alright, I just got a promotion. :)

Plus productivity figures for America (where nearly every office uses Microsoft Office and IE) keep rising much faster than in Europe (where open source is a religion).
Doesn't seem like your theory hold too much water, does it?

[nw_arizona_granny]

Thank you for the tips......

[Jackknife]

Will that browser prevent spyware? And what are the advantages of the browser other than being something other than a Microsoft product? Thanks.

Firefox has built in pop-up blocking, and the tabbed browsing is great for web-surfing. It will import all of your bookmarks, too.

[KwasiOwusu]

"I have used Mozilla for about 3 years and have had not problems, either of the kind you mention or of the kind discussed in this thread. It has been great. I tell everyone that IE should be dumped. "

I have used IE for longer.
Never had any problems with it.
Its been just great.
Of course I always kept my anti-virus etc etc up to date.
I tell everyone I know to keep away from any open source browser, no matter the color it comes under, especially Red.

[Xenalyte]

In the age of cheap cheap cheap cable and DSL, why do you want a dial-up connection?

[B.Bumbleberry]

I have no problem with you loving IE, and it is the standard.

What I have a problem with is your dissing open source like Mozilla, which you apparently don't have any experience with. The problem with IE is that, because it is the standard and so widely used, it is the target of all the types who write code to invade, infect and damage people's computers. A lot of those problems are being discussed in this thread, but you seem to ignore their existence. Using Mozilla simply avoids the problems being discussed here--without tweaking the system or entering web addresses that need to be blocked or being a propeller head or anything else. Deny it if you want to, play like it's not true or isn't real. Your loss, not mine.

[auggy]

"You might be using MS Internet Explorer. Instead try using Mozilla Firefox browser. You can download it free from http://www.getfirefox.com"

I have tried both of those browsers. The one that beats them all is Opera.

When you use it, you won't go back to the others. It is very fast and secure. Go to www.Opera.com. You won't be sorry.

[Calvin Locke]

I'm one of those that listen to Drudge on Sunday nights. It still ticks me off that one July,
two or three years ago, Drudge exited a segment with the line "Drudgereport.com, where there are no pop-ups".

Then two weeks later, the site was unviewable. You can't tell me that he made that statement
without knowing he was going to change.

I didn't mind banner ads, so long as they were just displays, but between X10, servedby,
etc., one is forced to block all that garbage.

And I migrated to Mozilla at that point, as my primary browser.

Now, unfortuneately, the practice has expanded to TV, both audio and visual "banner ads".

I can't watch FX anymore, in particular.
(Not that I miss it since the programming change: fewer movies, more reality garbage)

[KwasiOwusu]

"The problem with IE is that, because it is the standard and so widely used, it is the target of all the types who write code to invade, infect and damage people's computers"

You are right of course.
More virus writers spend their nights (and days too) dreaming up wqays to break IE than any other browser out there, precisly because its the standard.
Same thaing that will hapen to any browser that gets a high enough market share.

As for my dissing open source, its just too much fun to take on guys whose verey lives are defined by what browser they use, especially the "Microsoft is the great Satan" brigade.
They are too tempting a target to pass up. :)

[GunnyB]

Firefox is a piece of garbage and a fraud.

Its rubbish.

The open source crazies keep polluting everywhere with their nasty propaganda.

They are every bit as insidious as the Dummies.

Fall for their evil propaganda at your own peril.

Wow, what a scathing review. I could put up with allowing you your personal opinion - to a point, but comparing Firefox users to DU'ers? Please. As a long time user of web technology (since its' very inception), I can categorically state that Firefox is the finest browser I've ever used - bar none. It is the only browser that is truly cross-platform (I use it regularly on PCs and on Sun Workstations - same plugins, same interfaces, same bookmarks) and I have never had a single crash, popup ad, or any other of the myriad of problems that users of IE experience.

The "garbage and a fraud" here is M$, whose paranoia against all things not M$ has tied us to a desktop OS that is buggy, poorly implemented, and insecure in the extreme.

Try Firefox, you'll LOVE being free from at least one aspect of the M$ trolls...

[P220]

try using Firefox. it blocks all popups (unless you like popups, in which case you can turn this option off)
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

[P220]

I am waiting to hear you explain your position.

[BallandPowder]

Powder..Patch..Ball FIRE!

If you think I'm spewing nasties just hit abuse. Commies and anarchists ohmy!!

Back up your statements. Post an url to a page that Firefox won't render...

I've installed Firefox on 15 systems in the last 3 weeks. Everyone I've loaded it for loves it.

[Wolverine]

...I wish someone could help me select a BUSINESS ORIENTED ISP with a local dial-up.

 

Check this for available choices..

 

 

[Timeout]

HELP!!!

Several months ago I switched to FireFox after I read about it here on FR. I've been extremely happy with it. My system never freezes up anymore, I don't get "trojan horse" warnings 10 times a day, etc. Email works great.

Until yesterday.

First my Eudroa began telling me it could not contact Comcast, where my email comes in. Then my computer froze up and then something wierd happened. I went to Comcast and clicked on a tab, but it opened a site selling mortgages. Clicked on another tab, same result. No matter what I clicked on, the same window opened. This only happened in my Comcast home page, which has apparently been "hijacked".

I have Windows 98, use F'fox, Eudora email and I've downloaded Spybot, AdAware & SpySweeper (finds the most bad things). I have Norton Anti-virus, anti-spam and personal firewall. Unfortunately, my subscription expired this week and I'm in a dispute with them over renewal. But, as I understand it, I'm still protected---just not including updates since my last download 5 days ago. My protection programs find problems and I quarantine them, but they return immediately.

Now, here's a twist. (I'm no computer whiz, so I don't know if this is relevant.) I have a client who uses AOL. He's totally irresponsible with his computer and, predictably, is now having major, MAJOR problems. Just before my problems started, he sent me an email with a travel website link in it. I opened it to retrieve the information. Within hours, my problems began. Did he infect me?

I've told you all this in hopes someone can help me. I intend to renew my Symantec subscription soon. Have I been "hijacked"? Could y'all advise me as to the best course of action from here on out?

[GunnyB]

I have used IE for longer.

Never had any problems with it.

Its been just great.

Of course I always kept my anti-virus etc etc up to date.

I tell everyone I know to keep away from any open source browser, no matter the color it comes under, especially Red.

As I am reading this in the morning, I am really appreciating the morning chuckle... Sir, you have drunk the Purple KoolAid in a big way. "Never had any problems with it."? You must be the ONLY person in the entire world to be able to make a statement like that. As for for your telling "everyone I know to keep away from any open source browser", good luck... I compiled Firefox on my Sun last night, and it felt good to use a browser that I "made" versus one that a meglomaniactitc corporation shoved down my throat.

BTW, you are using the M$ talking points to a tee. Wouldn't happen to work for Billy would you?