Myspace Hacked
Recently on myspace.com an ad would show up for DeckOutYourDeck.com. However, this ad was no ordinary ad for deck lovers. This ad would actually infect your computer with malware. This particular malware was a trojan horse. It appeared on the site earlier this month (July 2006). The ad appeared on the sites webshots and facebook as well.
It is estimated that this ad infected over 1.07 million computers. The ad attacked a windows metafile vulnerability. Windows released a patch for the problem, so if users had the patch they were safe. Also users using firefox 1.5 or higher were also safe. Myspace has a full-time ad staff but they apparently failed to check the authenticity of the deck ad.
This just goes to show you are never really safe when browser the net. You never know what is out there waiting for unsuspecting internet users. There are several things you can do to help protect yourself. First get an antivirus and keep it up to date. The free Google Pack comes equipped with one that is free for the first 6 months. Also try using the Firefox web browser.
As stated earlier in the story this ad did not affect users of the Firefox browser. Links to both pieces of software can be found throughout my sites.
Matt Christensen
http://www.mattchristensen.net
http://nuekleer.com
Make Money Using MySpace
In todays increasingly expensive society, a need for a second income arises more and more each day. The problem with this is ...
Maintaining a Professional Appearance on MySpace
MySpace is an online community which can be a fun way for members to meet new friends, reconnect with old friends or make rom...
Site Security Issues Abound
It has happened web wide and it has happened to the best of the best - NASA, DOD, Google, Microsoft as well as the New York T...
Why Should I Take A Cruise Vacation?
In todays fast world and lifestyle, everybody gets stressed out. A break is extremely essential to get away from the blues an...
Voice Over Internet Protocol - A Few Things You Need To Know First
Unless you have had your head in the sand lately you will have heard of VOIP. Everyone seems to be talking about VOIP, but yo...
Social Sites That Protect Teens
Social networking sites can be a lot of fun. College students like to use Facebook.com to connect and build relationships. Te...
Simple Steps To Protect Your Personal Information From Hackers
The Internet is an unlimited sea of information. The user can find information about virtually everything, tangible and intan...
Are You Network Marketing Exposed
Network marketing, also known as referral marketing and multilevel marketing, has always been a great way to get the word out...
Hacking: Are You At Risk?
Rooted, the facts.Looking around several irc networks you will inevitably see bots in most of the wares channels.
You know th...
VoIP Security
VoIP security has been called in question recently, though there is little evidence to indicate that VoIP security is any les...
Unblocking The Internet
Long gone are the days when employees and students could access what ever web sites they wanted. The past ten years there has...
Networking Online and at Chamber Mixers
Most people have heard about networking to attract new business and develop long-term relationships to increase referrals and...
The Benefits of Internet Security on the Education Front
Online Courses Bring Advantages and Security ThreatsA college education is mandatory in todays job market. Because of this, m...
Affiliate - Even in Antarctica Penguins Recycle their Energy, Why Don’t You
Marketing on the Internet continue to be expensive in both time and money. As many new sites keep popping up every day the co...
Chat Rooms and Internet Safety for Your Kids and Teens
Chat rooms are very popular with kids and teens right now. Sites like myspace.com and others can be a great way for kids to ...
How Hackers Can Get To Your E-Gold Account
Imagine having the terrible experience of checking your e-gold account only to find that the money that was supposed to be th...
VoIP Services
The increased usage of bandwidth services, availability of new and existing networks and the rapid convergence of voice and d...
Is Your Online Computing Safe?
The Internet has given us many wonderful resources and opportunities. We are now able to buy anything and everything because ...
Using Voice on the Internet
"Mr. Watson - Come here - I want to see you." With those few simple words Alexander Graham Bell and his invention - the tele...
A New Site Monetization Option
People looking to monetize their websites might be interested in a relatively new provider, Photomax. Although it's been aro...
