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RobbieM: Monday 28th April 2008
Microsoft denies blame for half million hacks 11:41AM, Monday 28th April 2008
Microsoft has denied any blame for a rash of web server attacks that have affected half a million web pages.
Speaking on The Microsoft Security blog, the company moved swiftly to refute suggestions that vulnerabilities in its SQL Server software were being exploited in the attacks.
"Microsoft's investigation
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has shown that there are no new or unknown vulnerabilities being exploited," says Bill Sisk, of the Microsoft Security Response Center.
"This wave is not a result of a vulnerability in Internet Information Services or Microsoft SQL Server. The attacks are facilitated by SQL injection exploits and are not issues related to IIS 6.0, ASP, ASP.Net or Microsoft SQL technologies."
Sisk goes on to point users in the direction of its advisory on how to avoid such attacks in the future.
The attacks have so far affected around half a million pages, causing them to spread malware when visited. So far, UN and Government sites have been hit by the attacks.
Stuart Turton
Microsoft denies blame for half million hacks 11:41AM, Monday 28th April 2008
Microsoft has denied any blame for a rash of web server attacks that have affected half a million web pages.
Speaking on The Microsoft Security blog, the company moved swiftly to refute suggestions that vulnerabilities in its SQL Server software were being exploited in the attacks.
"Microsoft's investigation
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has shown that there are no new or unknown vulnerabilities being exploited," says Bill Sisk, of the Microsoft Security Response Center.
"This wave is not a result of a vulnerability in Internet Information Services or Microsoft SQL Server. The attacks are facilitated by SQL injection exploits and are not issues related to IIS 6.0, ASP, ASP.Net or Microsoft SQL technologies."
Sisk goes on to point users in the direction of its advisory on how to avoid such attacks in the future.
The attacks have so far affected around half a million pages, causing them to spread malware when visited. So far, UN and Government sites have been hit by the attacks.
Stuart Turton
Just as they deny reports of Vista instability I suppose....
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Don't know about all of that but,
Malware, grayware ans spyware are nothing new, and many sites use it intentionally to trac its visitors.
Yahoo is the very worst!
Got so bad that I removed everything from yahoo from my computer.
comp has been clean since then, till just 3 days ago or so, I got redirrected to Yahoo and all of the sudden I had all kinds of trojans and malware again, took hours to remove it all!!!!!
Malware, grayware ans spyware are nothing new, and many sites use it intentionally to trac its visitors.
Yahoo is the very worst!
Got so bad that I removed everything from yahoo from my computer.
comp has been clean since then, till just 3 days ago or so, I got redirrected to Yahoo and all of the sudden I had all kinds of trojans and malware again, took hours to remove it all!!!!!
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rasgumby: Don't know about all of that but,
Malware, grayware ans spyware are nothing new, and many sites use it intentionally to trac its visitors.
Yahoo is the very worst!
Got so bad that I removed everything from yahoo from my computer.
comp has been clean since then, till just 3 days ago or so, I got redirrected to Yahoo and all of the sudden I had all kinds of trojans and malware again, took hours to remove it all!!!!!
Malware, grayware ans spyware are nothing new, and many sites use it intentionally to trac its visitors.
Yahoo is the very worst!
Got so bad that I removed everything from yahoo from my computer.
comp has been clean since then, till just 3 days ago or so, I got redirrected to Yahoo and all of the sudden I had all kinds of trojans and malware again, took hours to remove it all!!!!!
there is free software.... if you are on a mac
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Tumpa: Just as they deny reports of Vista instability I suppose....
Yeah, a great product! Service pack 1 is now ready for download!!
I bought another laptop with XP Pro, far safer!!
If Vista was so good makes you wonder why the new operating system [Windows 7] is to be released in 2009.There must be an arguemnt for a refund for the software in that case!
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Bowie: there is free software.... if you are on a mac
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rasgumby: Don't know about all of that but,
Malware, grayware ans spyware are nothing new, and many sites use it intentionally to trac its visitors.
Yahoo is the very worst!
Got so bad that I removed everything from yahoo from my computer.
comp has been clean since then, till just 3 days ago or so, I got redirrected to Yahoo and all of the sudden I had all kinds of trojans and malware again, took hours to remove it all!!!!!
Malware, grayware ans spyware are nothing new, and many sites use it intentionally to trac its visitors.
Yahoo is the very worst!
Got so bad that I removed everything from yahoo from my computer.
comp has been clean since then, till just 3 days ago or so, I got redirrected to Yahoo and all of the sudden I had all kinds of trojans and malware again, took hours to remove it all!!!!!
What did you use to get rid of it all?
I just use adaware/spybot/spywareblaster and my nice government contractor antivirus to keep this laptop clean and free.
Like Bowie said, best solution....get a mac and then no more worries.
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RobbieM: What did you use to get rid of it all?
I just use adaware/spybot/spywareblaster and my nice government contractor antivirus to keep this laptop clean and free.
Like Bowie said, best solution....get a mac and then no more worries.
I just use adaware/spybot/spywareblaster and my nice government contractor antivirus to keep this laptop clean and free.
Like Bowie said, best solution....get a mac and then no more worries.
I have programs also to get rid of them,
But some actually had to br removed manually in safety mode after they were found and listed.
What a pain!
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Microsoft denies blame for half million hacks 11:41AM, Monday 28th April 2008
Microsoft has denied any blame for a rash of web server attacks that have affected half a million web pages.
Speaking on The Microsoft Security blog, the company moved swiftly to refute suggestions that vulnerabilities in its SQL Server software were being exploited in the attacks.
"Microsoft's investigation
ADVERTISEMENT
has shown that there are no new or unknown vulnerabilities being exploited," says Bill Sisk, of the Microsoft Security Response Center.
"This wave is not a result of a vulnerability in Internet Information Services or Microsoft SQL Server. The attacks are facilitated by SQL injection exploits and are not issues related to IIS 6.0, ASP, ASP.Net or Microsoft SQL technologies."
Sisk goes on to point users in the direction of its advisory on how to avoid such attacks in the future.
The attacks have so far affected around half a million pages, causing them to spread malware when visited. So far, UN and Government sites have been hit by the attacks.
Stuart Turton