By the way, just regular surfing. Googled around a bit, still got pop-ups with the super-strict IE settings, didn;t click on any ads, but still...
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Firefox is way too slow, and Opera is just unbearable with its mediocre speed. IE loads faster for me, and its great.
oh yeah!!! IE is a security nightmare. Opera at the moment is the best as far as vuneribility. Firefox is close behind. IE is a mess!!!!I know I'm so naive. I probably have no idea what I am getting myself into.
After surfing the whole day, with all my firewalls and all strict as ever, I got 2 trojans, and 27 pieces of spyware. Course, I never get anything with Firefox. Beware!
Edited by StarHawk, 20 May 2005 - 10:55 AM.
Haven't tried Netscape in ages. Do you recommend it?
I just think the main problem is my computer. It is so slow, and old. It's in desperate need of an upgrade. Once that is done I will probably use Firefox.
Both opera and firefox use more system resources than IE.
That's an extremely good point Major Payne!! I never really understood why Microsoft went that route but they did. And in my mind it's been a problem ever since. A problem you either learn to live with or you switch to Linnex et al.IE is so integrated with Windows, I wonder if you could actually separate the resources it uses itself from the rest of the resources that the O/S is using at the same time?
Yeah ya gotta love that.Firefox is the best for me because I use the Web Developer's tools a lot
IE is so integrated with Windows, I wonder if you could actually separate the resources it uses itself from the rest of the resources that the O/S is using at the same time? This is probably why IE loads so fast is because what it needs is already "running" just by having the Windows O/S running. Just a thought.
I only use IE whenever a site requires it. Firefox is the best for me because I use the Web Developer's tools a lot. Wish they would do something about the slow loading. Mozilla you can set to keep some in memory for faster loading, but I only use it once in a while to keep the "engine" cleaned and the "tires" checked, etc.
Ron
IT Firm Uncovers Identity Theft Scam
By Martin H. Bosworth
ConsumerAffairs.Com
August 23, 2005
A routine study of a malicious spyware program led an Internet security company to a vast identity-theft criminal enterprise.
The perpetrators used a "keylogger" program to infiltrate users' systems, record their passwords, and feed the information back to a central server. The scammers were able to gain access to thousands of individuals' bank account numbers, credit card numbers, and other vital personal information.
Eric Sites, vice president of research and development for Clearwater, FL-based Sunbelt Software estimates that at least 27,000 personal computers may have been infected.
Patrick Jordan, a Sunbelt employee, was performing an examination of the infamous "CoolWebSearch" spyware program when he noticed the machine he was using sent a notification to another machine.
He traced the notification back to a remote server somewhere in the United States, and was shocked to find it contained records of "passwords for online accounts from 50 banks, eBay and PayPal logins, hundreds of credit card numbers and reams of personal data," according to BBC News.
Sites himself has seen individuals' retirement plans, "investments from Fidelity…all kinds of sensitive stuff."
Alex Eckelberry, president of Sunbelt, posted a warning regarding the virus on his blog on August 4th and notified the FBI of the ring's existence.
Eckelberry personally contacted several individuals and families whose information was stolen by the identity thieves. The company has been creating special programs to track down and identify the stolen credit card numbers and send them to the major credit companies, with similar plans being developed for banks, as well as PayPal and eBay.
Since the initial discovery, Sunbelt's staff has discovered four variants of the spyware program, which appear to have been utilized by the same people. The server is located in the United States, but the program appears to originate somewhere in Russia.
The "keylogger" program, called "Srv.SSA-KeyLogger", steals information by recording and logging everything a user types on their keyboard. This particular keylogger is part of a Trojan spyware program that infiltrated computers through the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser, and copied information stored in the Windows "AutoComplete" feature, such as private passwords and account numbers.
According to Sites, "everything you've done on your computer" can be found in this file.
Customary antivirus or anti-spyware software such as Symantec AntiVirus or McAfee Virus Scan will not detect this particular keylogger program, but Sunbelt is offering a free "cleaner" utility (http://research.sunb...om/ssaclean.cfm) for computers that may have been infected.
Sites also strongly recommended that Windows users install the latest security updates and patches to their software. "None of [the infected computers] had Service Pack 2 on them, and most didn't have Service Pack 1," he said. "Just use the updates and you'll be all right."
Of course, one of the best defenses against spyware -— particularly browser-related spyware -- is the Mozilla Firefox browser. In this case, Firefox does not possess the flaw that renders computers using Internet Explorer vulnerable to the keylogger program.
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