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How can a compromised site damage your machine, given that you keep your browser updated?

• dtparr 11y ago
  Isn't that the whole point of 0-day bugs? That they work against fully updated browsers?
  • eliben 11y ago
    And how would an antivirus save you against such a bug in the browser?
    • wmt 11y ago
      By detecting some typical exploit pattern, the exploit kit itself, the malware the exploit eventually ends up downloading and executing, or even the malicious host itself. There might be other ways too, but those at least are the most typical ways.
    • mynameisvlad 11y ago
      An antivirus definition file is a lot easier to update than a browser component that is exploited. The latter generally involves a lot more testing, whereas the former is essentially just metadata.
• deleted 11y ago
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