JS Trojan attempt
Jun 26, 2013 | 9:31 am
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JS Trojan attempt
Flyertalk just tried to install a Javascript trojan on my PC. It got blocked by my security software, but the result was a complete crash of the PC. As a precaution, I am wiping and rebuilding. As a further precaution, I will not be on Flyertalk again until I receive assurance that this problem is corrected. No doubt, it was a third party advertiser who was the perpetrator. (Indeed, the worst malware I ever got was from an ad on the Wall Street Journal's web site.)
The malware was:
JS/Exploit-Blacolheur Trojan
The malware was:
JS/Exploit-Blacolheur Trojan
Last edited by ZeppoX; Jun 26, 2013 at 9:45 am Reason: typo
Jun 26, 2013 | 1:27 pm
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Hi Zeppo,
We have no reports of malware on FlyerTalk. Our techs have scanned the site and see no evidence it came from here. Likely you picked up something elsewhere and it activated while you browsed FT.
Please let us know if you see any other evidence.
Thank you
We have no reports of malware on FlyerTalk. Our techs have scanned the site and see no evidence it came from here. Likely you picked up something elsewhere and it activated while you browsed FT.
Please let us know if you see any other evidence.
Thank you
Jul 2, 2013 | 1:04 pm
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Flyertalk just tried to install a Javascript trojan on my PC. It got blocked by my security software, but the result was a complete crash of the PC. As a precaution, I am wiping and rebuilding. As a further precaution, I will not be on Flyertalk again until I receive assurance that this problem is corrected. No doubt, it was a third party advertiser who was the perpetrator. (Indeed, the worst malware I ever got was from an ad on the Wall Street Journal's web site.)
The malware was:
JS/Exploit-Blacolheur Trojan
The malware was:
JS/Exploit-Blacolheur Trojan
Jul 2, 2013 | 1:19 pm
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My software is McAfee.
Jul 8, 2013 | 2:19 pm
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We've scanned and rescanned the site and found no alerts at all. We're clean on this end.
If this happens again, please post the link to the page where the warning occurred for you and we'll look into that page.
Thanks all,
Paul
If this happens again, please post the link to the page where the warning occurred for you and we'll look into that page.
Thanks all,
Paul