Re: Phishing and Malware Protection

2013-01-31 Thread Rob
MCBastos wrote: > Interviewed by CNN on 30/01/2013 14:35, Rob told the world: >> MCBastos wrote: >>> So... >>> Antivirus: missed it >>> Other antivirus: about 75% chance of missing it. >>> Google Safe Browsing: missed it >>> ISP spam filter: flagged it as spam, but did nothing else. Not that it >

Re: Phishing and Malware Protection

2013-01-30 Thread MCBastos
Interviewed by CNN on 30/01/2013 14:35, Rob told the world: > MCBastos wrote: >> So... >> Antivirus: missed it >> Other antivirus: about 75% chance of missing it. >> Google Safe Browsing: missed it >> ISP spam filter: flagged it as spam, but did nothing else. Not that it >> helps much, since this

Re: Phishing and Malware Protection

2013-01-30 Thread Rob
MCBastos wrote: > So... > Antivirus: missed it > Other antivirus: about 75% chance of missing it. > Google Safe Browsing: missed it > ISP spam filter: flagged it as spam, but did nothing else. Not that it > helps much, since this particular filter has a high rate of false > positives. One of the m

Re: Phishing and Malware Protection

2013-01-30 Thread MCBastos
Interviewed by CNN on 30/01/2013 06:57, Daniel told the world: > So I could still be visiting phishing sites because my database could, > in part, be a week out of date!! There's no guarantees of a complete database anywhere. For instance: I have just received a phishing e-mail, trying to indu

Re: Phishing and Malware Protection

2013-01-30 Thread Rob
Daniel wrote: >> It is the same with virus scanners. That is why it is always better >> to setup the system in such a way that software cannot be installed >> or run as downloaded by the logged-in user. Use a separate account >> for surfing and for administering the system (installing software).

Re: Phishing and Malware Protection

2013-01-30 Thread Paul B. Gallagher
Rob wrote: Yes. That is how it always is. You can never get total protection from a system like this. Even with a system that queries an online server, you have the problem that you may visit a site that is not yet known to serve malware, so the server says "OK" and you get infected anyway.

Re: Phishing and Malware Protection

2013-01-30 Thread Daniel
Rob wrote: Daniel wrote: MCBastos wrote: Interviewed by CNN on 29/01/2013 10:47, Daniel told the world: Rob wrote: Ray_Net wrote: 2. A firefox guy is complaining about lag when accessing web pages .. could this feature slow firefox. This is not very likely. The feature works by download

Re: Phishing and Malware Protection

2013-01-30 Thread Rob
Daniel wrote: > MCBastos wrote: >> Interviewed by CNN on 29/01/2013 10:47, Daniel told the world: >>> Rob wrote: Ray_Net wrote: > 2. A firefox guy is complaining about lag when accessing web pages .. > could this feature slow firefox. This is not very likely. The feature w

Re: Phishing and Malware Protection

2013-01-30 Thread Daniel
Philip Chee wrote: On Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:47:18 +1100, Daniel wrote: Rob wrote: Ray_Net wrote: 2. A firefox guy is complaining about lag when accessing web pages .. could this feature slow firefox. This is not very likely. The feature works by downloading a list of infected sites at a cert

Re: Phishing and Malware Protection

2013-01-30 Thread Daniel
MCBastos wrote: Interviewed by CNN on 29/01/2013 10:47, Daniel told the world: Rob wrote: Ray_Net wrote: 2. A firefox guy is complaining about lag when accessing web pages .. could this feature slow firefox. This is not very likely. The feature works by downloading a list of infected sites

Re: Phishing and Malware Protection

2013-01-29 Thread Philip Chee
On Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:47:18 +1100, Daniel wrote: > Rob wrote: >> Ray_Net wrote: >>> 2. A firefox guy is complaining about lag when accessing web pages .. >>> could this feature slow firefox. >> >> This is not very likely. The feature works by downloading a list >> of infected sites at a certain

Re: Phishing and Malware Protection

2013-01-29 Thread Rob
Daniel wrote: > Rob wrote: >> Ray_Net wrote: >>> 2. A firefox guy is complaining about lag when accessing web pages .. >>> could this feature slow firefox. >> >> This is not very likely. The feature works by downloading a list >> of infected sites at a certain interval, then storing this list >>

Re: Phishing and Malware Protection

2013-01-29 Thread MCBastos
Interviewed by CNN on 29/01/2013 10:47, Daniel told the world: > Rob wrote: >> Ray_Net wrote: >>> 2. A firefox guy is complaining about lag when accessing web pages .. >>> could this feature slow firefox. >> >> This is not very likely. The feature works by downloading a list >> of infected sites

Re: Phishing and Malware Protection

2013-01-29 Thread Daniel
Rob wrote: Ray_Net wrote: 2. A firefox guy is complaining about lag when accessing web pages .. could this feature slow firefox. This is not very likely. The feature works by downloading a list of infected sites at a certain interval, then storing this list in a local file. The file is then

Re: Phishing and Malware Protection

2013-01-29 Thread Rob
Ray_Net wrote: > 2. A firefox guy is complaining about lag when accessing web pages .. > could this feature slow firefox. This is not very likely. The feature works by downloading a list of infected sites at a certain interval, then storing this list in a local file. The file is then consulted

Re: Phishing and Malware Protection

2013-01-28 Thread Paul B. Gallagher
WaltS wrote: Ray_Net wrote: I read here http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/phishing-protection/ Firefox 3 or later contains built-in Phishing and Malware Protection to help keep you safe online. The questions are: 1. Would this feature also implemented in SM ? 2. A firefox guy is

Re: Phishing and Malware Protection

2013-01-28 Thread Philip Chee
On Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:02:16 +0100, Ray_Net wrote: > I read here http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/phishing-protection/ > > Firefox 3 or later contains built-in Phishing and Malware Protection to > help keep you safe online. > > The questions are: > 1. Would this featur

Re: Phishing and Malware Protection

2013-01-28 Thread WaltS
Ray_Net wrote: > I read here http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/phishing-protection/ > > Firefox 3 or later contains built-in Phishing and Malware Protection to > help keep you safe online. > > The questions are: > 1. Would this feature also implemented in SM ?

Re: Phishing and Malware Protection

2013-01-28 Thread PhillipJones
Ray_Net wrote: I read here http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/phishing-protection/ Firefox 3 or later contains built-in Phishing and Malware Protection to help keep you safe online. The questions are: 1. Would this feature also implemented in SM ? 2. A firefox guy is complaining about lag

Phishing and Malware Protection

2013-01-28 Thread Ray_Net
I read here http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/phishing-protection/ Firefox 3 or later contains built-in Phishing and Malware Protection to help keep you safe online. The questions are: 1. Would this feature also implemented in SM ? 2. A firefox guy is complaining about lag when accessing