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Old Apr 5, 2013 | 1:19 pm
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Bernie2012
 
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Travelling EMEA
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Originally Posted by NewbieRunner
Oh dear! I've opened all the links on two separate PCs and haven't seen any warning message.
And I got 4 of them, immediately after I opened the first two links in new tabs, there were no other tabs open, so its pretty certain IMO that it came from these boards, but didn't pay much attention to it until I saw this report in the news today about it. It is apparently a worldwide thing as some guys hacked into advertisement servers called "Open-X-Adserver" and these things are/were used to deliver the malware with ads (and install themselves automatically). They compromised on that way even the homepage of Focus, one of Germanys biggest weekly newsmags.

I am having windows 8 and latest NAV + auto update, this software should apparently compromise older systems or systems which don't have auto updates as the malware is apparently set for older holes in the software, but it might well be that this was only for hours/days active if someone figured out that too and intervened on the particular websites.. (but if someone has a computer prone to that, he better look carefully).

Recommended procedure: update everything (windows, java, flash and so on), and virus scan. There is no English reporting on that yet.

Sorry, don't want to cause any stress, but I though it might be better to caution.
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