Just got hit by Trojan.Qhosts

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Lunatiki

First virus/trojan i've ever had, and would like to know which webpage I got
it from. The tech guys at my ISP found it, after I took my computer to
them. They said so far, 10 people in the last 2 days have been hit by it in
our area. A didn't know you could get a trojan simply by visiting a
webpage. The thing is, I don't go to any obsecure webpages. I, and the
tech guys, think it has something to do with www.google.com Anyone have any
info/opinion on this? Symantec says its a very low threat, and isn't
hitting many people. But, if I got this damn trojan, I would bet you many,
many others have it, and don't realize it yet.
 
Lunatiki said:
First virus/trojan i've ever had, and would like to know which webpage I got
it from. The tech guys at my ISP found it, after I took my computer to
them.
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You took your PC to your ISP? wow, I wish mine provided that service :)

Nicky
 
Lunatiki said:
First virus/trojan i've ever had, and would like to know which
webpage I got it from. The tech guys at my ISP found it, after I
took my computer to them. They said so far, 10 people in the last 2
days have been hit by it in our area. A didn't know you could get a
trojan simply by visiting a webpage.
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Your ISP are grasping at straws. The Web sites that offer up the
malicious code(cr@p) are off line now.
http://www.imilly.com/google.htm
http://www.europe.f-secure.com/v-descs/delude.shtml
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.qhosts.html

They are hungry marketers that wanted to get a few more click-throughs to
earn a few more pennies. Pathetic really.
The thing is, I don't go to any
obsecure webpages. I, and the tech guys, think it has something to
do with www.google.com Anyone have any info/opinion on this?
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Human bovine excrement!
Symantec says its a very low threat, and isn't hitting many people.
But, if I got this damn trojan, I would bet you many, many others
have it, and don't realize it yet.
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Seen many posts on this!
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showtopic=12127&hl=qhost
http://www.net-integration.net/cgi-...ec8756dcc93db47fb;act=ST;f=6;t=6244;hl=qhosts
 
Got this info from the McAfee website:

QHosts-1
A popup ad at http://www.fortunecity.com/ /fc728x90smartad. is known to load
a remote site containing this trojan. This trojan relies on an Internet
Explorer vulnerability to get installed on the local system. Once
installed, the trojan redirects Domain Name requests to a specified address.
Skye
 
Skye said:
Got this info from the McAfee website:

QHosts-1
A popup ad at http://www.fortunecity.com/ /fc728x90smartad. is known to load
a remote site containing this trojan. This trojan relies on an Internet
Explorer vulnerability to get installed on the local system. Once
installed, the trojan redirects Domain Name requests to a specified address.
Skye

"Lunatiki" <none> wrote in message news:[email protected]... it
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Microsoft have released a couple of critical updates to fix this
vulnerability

More info here:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-040.asp
 
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