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Does Our Desktop Anti-Virus Protect Us? | Creeva's World 2.0

Started by creeva · 10 months ago

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  • my question is how does someone get tricked into installing mal-ware unless you "click the monkey" or "install this codec" to watch that porn. haven't we been worned about this type of stuff in the past

    p.s.
    firefox has mal-ware protection
  • Well your answer is as follows:

    You are assuming that the malware has to come from a browser or active-x control. That is only part of the article I wrote.

    There is downloaded software that has malware piggy backed in, E-mail attachments that bypass scanners, sneaker net, attachments from newsgroups.

    While I only advocate using firefox or a firefox variant you can't always enforce that at an enterprise level for other reasons.
  • ""Recently at work there was a security incident where a worker was tricked into loading malware on their machine.""

    well if that were the case of piggybacked software thats okay we all been victim to root kits and so on, then should be stated "loaded software with mal-ware" but saying "tricked" implies hornswoggling or douped into and states that the person was lured by an outside force such as space monkeys with a vendetta against said person

    as a person who laughs at security breach attempts i just wondered how they were "tricked"
    im also putting fort a firefox enterprise version if mozillia wants to be a better browser they need such an animal
  • I would go more into it but you know I can't

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