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Posted by Lon on September 7, 2008, 3:42 pm
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james wrote:
> The other day, while surfing, I got a dialog
>
> Application "a" wants to access the internet (not exact wording). Do you
> want to
> (1) allow
> (2) block
> (3) forgot what it was
>
> Assuming it was from my firewall, I clicked on block and soon thereafter my
> computer was infected with a rootkit that announces its presence.
>
> It seems that many malware would pop up a misleading dialog (e.g. do you
> want to install an anti-virus?) before installing itself.
> Why not just install quietly?
>
>
It is a really good idea to become very familiar with the exact look and
feel of your firewall type messages. That way, you dont click on
something put up by malware where the "block" button means "infect my
computer"
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