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Grr - Virus alert at new clientCo - cheers contractorUK!

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    #11
    Originally posted by Scoobos View Post
    I should explain, this happened yesterday morning - was on this site - I checked and didnt see anything other than the usual banner ads either.
    I've not seen anything flagged up on the site, but banner ads themselves can be virus laden
    Doing the needful since 1827

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      #12
      Conficker isn't spread by download from infected web sites, it's a network worm that can be picked up from infected media such as CDs, floppies, network shares or USB drives; can try to brute force admin passwords for local networks; or can take advantage of patched vulnerabilities in the MS Windows Server service. But you don't get it from visiting a website, or at least not variant A.

      I suggest the OP's report is a false positive, a misidentification, a coincidence (the attack coming from elsewhere but happening as CUK was being viewed), or bulltulip.
      Last edited by NickFitz; 2 May 2012, 21:51.

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        #13
        Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
        Conficker isn't spread by download from infected web sites, it's a network worm that can be picked up from infected media such as CDs, floppies, network shares or USB drives; can try to brute force admin passwords for local networks; or can take advantage of patched vulnerabilities in the MS Windows Server service. But you don't get it from visiting a website, or at least not variant A.

        I suggest the OP's report is a false positive, a misidentification, a coincidence (the attack coming from elsewhere but happening as CUK was being viewed), or bulltulip.
        System.out.println("you what?");

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