How to navigate away from quicksand domains which hold your browser captive until you install their software?

[Franklin]

On Mon 14 Jul 2008 16:50:05, hummingbird wrote:

>
Well, several months ago, if you had no security running that
website was discreetly transferring you to a URL based in HK
and downloading a trojan onto your system and running it to take
you over. A recent poster reported a similar problem only a coupla
days ago on ACF. I believe a malicious a-frame was installed by
hackers. Much debate here about it on ACF at the time.
>
After I got hit by it, I added the URL into my HOSTS file to
prevent myself ever going there again in error.
>

Hummingbird, people who understood what was going on better than you
tried to explain to you that there is no malware to worry about.

For example, see: http://preview.tinyurl.com/5vlark

All you are doing now is putting forward an old argument of yours even
though it has been conclusively shown to be false.

Surprisingly, you were running with no antivirus software at all and
using an old unpatched version of IE. Yet you were not infected by any
malware capable of doing any harm.

[hummingbird]

Re: How to navigate away from quicksand domains which hold your browser captive until you install their software?


On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:35:33 +0100 'Franklin'
wrote this on alt.comp.freewa re:

>On Mon 14 Jul 2008 16:50:05, hummingbird wrote:

>>
>Well, several months ago, if you had no security running that
>website was discreetly transferring you to a URL based in HK
>and downloading a trojan onto your system and running it to take
>you over. A recent poster reported a similar problem only a coupla
>days ago on ACF. I believe a malicious a-frame was installed by
>hackers. Much debate here about it on ACF at the time.
>>
>After I got hit by it, I added the URL into my HOSTS file to
>prevent myself ever going there again in error.
>>

>Hummingbird, people who understood what was going on better than you
>tried to explain to you that there is no malware to worry about.

I advise anyone never to believe a single word you post - ever.

This is more absolute rubbish from you Franklin, as usual.

Did you switch on your Random Rubbish generator again?
....or did you eat an extra bowl of stupid for breakfast?

Do tell.

Here's a FACT: the website redirected me to a malware site which
then attempted to d/l said trojan. I managed to stop the process
in good time. Later, I sent the malware files to SuperAntiSpywar e
at their request for analysis.


Now run along and tell momma you've pooped in yer knickers
and been caught lying again.



-rest of your rubbish binned unread-


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