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Posted by David H. Lipman on July 2, 2005, 10:21 pm
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| I also get these viruses in my Sun Java cache (like the previous poster)
| and use Avast to clean them up. They probably are in some porn sites I
| visit - LOL! Is there any danger in these things?
Hairy Hands ;-)
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Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
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Posted by Jafo on July 3, 2005, 8:20 am
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As viewed from alt.comp.anti-virus, David H. Lipman wrote:
>| I also get these viruses in my Sun Java cache (like the previous poster)
>| and use Avast to clean them up. They probably are in some porn sites I
>| visit - LOL! Is there any danger in these things?
>Hairy Hands ;-)
Or worse, he could go blind. :)
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Posted by kurt wismer on July 3, 2005, 12:49 am
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> I also get these viruses in my Sun Java cache (like the previous poster)
> and use Avast to clean them up. They probably are in some porn sites I
> visit - LOL! Is there any danger in these things?
there might be if a vulnerability in the java virtual machine is found,
otherwise java based malware should only be annoying...
it would probably be a good idea to make sure you're running the latest
jvm, just in case...
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"they threw a rope around yer neck to watch you dance the jig of death
then left ya for the starvin' crows, hoverin' like hungry whores
one flew down plucked out yer eye, the other he had in his sights
ya snarled at him, said leave me be - i need the bugger so i can see"
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Posted by David H. Lipman on July 3, 2005, 1:23 pm
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| there might be if a vulnerability in the java virtual machine is found,
| otherwise java based malware should only be annoying...
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| it would probably be a good idea to make sure you're running the latest
| jvm, just in case...
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| "they threw a rope around yer neck to watch you dance the jig of death
| then left ya for the starvin' crows, hoverin' like hungry whores
| one flew down plucked out yer eye, the other he had in his sights
| ya snarled at him, said leave me be - i need the bugger so i can see"
Examples:
Exploit-ByteVerify
Which exploits "Flaw in Microsoft VM Could Enable System Compromise" K816093
JS/Exploit-MhtRedir , Exploit-MhtRedir.gen
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/download_ject.mspx
JS/Exploit-DialogArg.b
Cumulative Patch for Internet Explorer (Q323759)
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Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
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Posted by Beauregard T. Shagnasty on July 2, 2005, 4:07 pm
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> Should I just delete Sun Java and go with MS?
No. AFAIK, MS stopped distributing their version some time ago, and
even if you can find it, is seriously old.
> I did a boot scan with Avast and it deleted about 10 trojans in
> various Sun Java documents and settings cache directories.
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> What's the best way to clean it out other than to delete temp files
> in the Sun Java console?
I find a button in the Control Panel > Java application that claims to
do that.
Where were you surfing that you acquired these trojans?
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