> In a new twist to the old practice of "typosquatting," virus writers have registered a slight variation of Google Inc.'s popular search-engine site to take advantage of any users who botch the spelling of the google.com URL.
> The malicious site, googkle.com, is infested with Trojan droppers, downloaders, backdoors and spyware, and an unsuspecting user only has to visit the page to be at risk of computer hijack attacks, according to a warning from Finnish anti-virus vendor F-Secure Corp.
<snip>
Roger is right. And the lesson is? As much as possible, cut down on typing URL's or be extremely careful how you do it. My solution is to keep your important URL's in your Bookmark Bar or Link Bar or in your Start menu, or copy/paste the designated URL from a reliable source when needed ... that way, no errors are possible ... Harold
The only reason I can think of for typing in URL's is if you're using a public computer, where you can't keep a bookmark or favorite list. But then, I suppose one wouldn't care if a public computer gets infected?
This leads me to ask--how DO internet cafes, etc, deal with problems like this? I have a couple of correspondents who only have access at a local library or a cafe. Do these public computers provide any way of allowing a user to set up their own bookmark list and use it? Perhaps on a disk or CD? Do most public computers have floppy drives? I know nothing about public computers, and maybe it's time I learned.
I have a couple of friends planning a month-long trip to Europe in the fall. They have a concern about their digital camera not holding all the pix they might take. Rather than buying tons more memory sticks, I have convinced them to set up Yahoo pix albums and dumping their camera at internet cafes. I have discovered that one can upload pix to an online album directly from the camera. This was a very cool discovery for me!
Sue ============= PCWorks Mailing List =================
Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines &
make sure you've followed proper posting procedures,
http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm
Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com
=====================================================
