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In events like this it is a good idea to avoid sites that have apparently been compromised in case they start serving up malware.
by Stefan-H 12y ago
In events like this it is a good idea to avoid sites that have apparently been compromised in case they start serving up malware.
- sarciszewski 12y agoYep. But living dangerously is so much more fun. runs unpatched Windows Vista in a VM
- lurkinggrue 12y agoRunning Windows XP without any service packs!
- sarciszewski 12y agoThat's just crazy :)
- Finklestein 12y agoI discovered it when I tried to reply to a comment. How do you avoid a site when you're one of the first to see it hacked?
- nols 12y agoYou don't. I'm pretty sure they're talking to everyone on HN who's going to come to the comments and then click on the site to check it out.
- annasaru 12y agoEsp. if you were running Windows, I would assume. I haven't seen that kind of propagation on non-MS platforms (just my observation).. I'd like to know if a browser on an Ubuntu box would be equally vulnerable - correct me if I am wrong.
- untog 12y agoTo be honest, I don't actually think Windows is more vulnerable these days - it's just that the average user of Windows is more vulnerable because they're less informed. They'll see the elevated permissions prompt (whatever it's called) and just click yes anyway. Similarly, Windows installers will often come bundled with crapware, but if you read what you're doing you can avoid it.
- Someone1234 12y agoI'd always recommend turning on Click-To-Play for all plugins no matter what your platform. Mac isn't immune from this type of thing, even if Linux is due to obscurity. Most drive-bys are targeting either old versions of IE, Java, Flash, or rarely Windows Explorer issues in XP. Chrome is great because it auto-updates regularly, and auto-updates Flash. But even in Chrome I turn on Click-To-Play (since I need to have Java installed, and don't trust Java).