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By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 10:36:09 +0000

Brilliant. Thanks for that. I had this happen to me just yesterday. The small warning banner just seemed to jump from a web page which I was searching, I don’t remember seeing this particular sign before but even though its appearance didn’t seem genuine, it is always a shock to think your PC has been infected by malware. However, I am always suspicious of anything dubious like this, so before doing anything, I simply rang my business partner for assurance (He’s the Geek in our business and he’s sharp as glass) He calmly explained what it would be and advised me to always check my latest downloads to be sure that nothing that I wasn’t previously aware of was shown there. But your comment made me laugh as on hind site I realised it had been created by, as you so humorously explained, a ‘blunt tack’ in the box

By: Andrew Brandt

Andrew Brandt — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 19:54:49 +0000

Yes and no. The HTML attachments will run in any browser on any platform. Whether the destination site is able to exploit your computer is another matter entirely.

By: Anders Vinther

Anders Vinther — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 21:52:52 +0000

Interesting post…

I use linux, and as far as I can see this problem is mostly related to Windows computers.

Is that correct?

Thanks,

Anders