On 12/18/2010 02:21 PM, Jim wrote:
> F14
>
> Every so often I get one of these DAMN Windows Virus testers while
> Online with Firefox and I can't stop it , I have to do a
> ctrl-alt-backspace to get out of it. and even tho I long back in Firefox
> wants to automatically restart the test , witho
Jim wrote:
> F14
>
> Every so often I get one of these DAMN Windows Virus testers while
They aren't actually doing anything. Simply set your preference
about downloading always to ask you where to put things. Then, when
it "finds Windows viruses" on your Linux machine, and starts to
download the
On Sat, 2010-12-18 at 14:49 -0500, Lamar Owen wrote:
> and with the default F14 setup disallowing root logins, you need to
> make a second 'rescue' user to remove such nasties without reverting
> to a text console and root
When I've set up systems, I've always set up more than one user. Even
thou
From: "Jim"
Sent: Saturday, 2010/December/18 13:12
> On 12/18/2010 03:56 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
>> On 12/18/2010 11:29 AM, Frank Cox wrote:
>>> I have no idea what a Windows Virus Test is or how it's relevant to
>>> Linux, but
>>> if it's some kind of a automated advertisement or something similar
On 12/18/2010 03:12 PM, Jim wrote:
> On 12/18/2010 03:56 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
>> On 12/18/2010 11:29 AM, Frank Cox wrote:
>>> I have no idea what a Windows Virus Test is or how it's relevant to Linux,
>>> but
>>> if it's some kind of a automated advertisement or something similar to that
>> It's an
Lamar Owen wrote:
> On Saturday, December 18, 2010 02:21:37 pm Jim wrote:
>
>> It does not make any difference what Website your on it's just pops up
>> and starts
>>
> More information about these 'surf-by' infection agents:
> http://blog.webroot.com/2009/11/25/fakealerts-building-a-bett
On 12/18/2010 01:12 PM, Jim wrote:
> This Virus Tester won't allow me to shut down Firefox, no matter what I
> click on. crtl-alt-backspace is the the only way out.
Try adding Force Quit to one of your panels. Then, if this happens
again, click on it. You'll get a little popup window that tells
On Sat, 2010-12-18 at 16:12 -0500, Jim wrote:
> On 12/18/2010 03:56 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
> > On 12/18/2010 11:29 AM, Frank Cox wrote:
> >> I have no idea what a Windows Virus Test is or how it's relevant to Linux,
> >> but
> >> if it's some kind of a automated advertisement or something similar to
On Sat, 18 Dec 2010 16:12:06 -0500
Jim wrote:
> This Virus Tester won't allow me to shut down Firefox, no matter what I
> click on. crtl-alt-backspace is the the only way out.
killall firefox
killall -9 firefox
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On 12/18/2010 03:56 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 12/18/2010 11:29 AM, Frank Cox wrote:
>> I have no idea what a Windows Virus Test is or how it's relevant to Linux,
>> but
>> if it's some kind of a automated advertisement or something similar to that
> It's an attempt to trick you into installing malw
On 12/18/2010 11:29 AM, Frank Cox wrote:
> I have no idea what a Windows Virus Test is or how it's relevant to Linux, but
> if it's some kind of a automated advertisement or something similar to that
It's an attempt to trick you into installing malware. Not only does it
always find "infections,"
On Saturday, December 18, 2010 02:21:37 pm Jim wrote:
> It does not make any difference what Website your on it's just pops up
> and starts
More information about these 'surf-by' infection agents:
http://blog.webroot.com/2009/11/25/fakealerts-building-a-better-mousetrap/
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On Saturday, December 18, 2010 02:21:37 pm Jim wrote:
> It does not make any difference what Website your on it's just pops up
> and starts
At least it doesn't infect your PC with the 'fake Windows AntiVirus' virus.
I've seen these a time or two, from seemingly random websites; one of them was
On Sat, 18 Dec 2010 14:21:37 -0500
Jim wrote:
> How can I prevent Firefox from Starting these tests ?
I have no idea what a Windows Virus Test is or how it's relevant to Linux, but
if it's some kind of a automated advertisement or something similar to that you
should look into noscript (firefox
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Every so often I get one of these DAMN Windows Virus testers while
Online with Firefox and I can't stop it , I have to do a
ctrl-alt-backspace to get out of it. and even tho I long back in Firefox
wants to automatically restart the test , without asking me if I want to
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