tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347279.post4418984954682248518..comments2023-08-26T05:04:33.009-04:00Comments on anti-virus rants: what is a drive-by download?kurt wismerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03810635947269551517noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347279.post-18976791181195895092008-03-03T15:35:00.000-05:002008-03-03T15:35:00.000-05:00it's true that there are no safe sites - any site ...it's true that there are no safe sites - any site can be compromised and made to host malicious content... that makes IE's trusted zone methodology basically useless...<BR/><BR/>i don't know what protections you're using, but if you're using firefox with the noscript browser extension you can configure noscript to operate on a page by page basis rather than a site by site basis... that way you don't necessarily have to trust <B>everything</B> on myspace (or blogspot, or any number of other similar sites) but rather just certain pages... it doesn't get rid of the problem entirely but the finer grained control makes it less likely that bad content will be able to sneak onto the whitelist...kurt wismerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03810635947269551517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347279.post-14689952707097940252008-03-03T15:17:00.000-05:002008-03-03T15:17:00.000-05:00Myspace.com just changed their ad policy and my wi...Myspace.com just changed their ad policy and my wifes computer was infected with cNSMin adware/spyware shortly after. The infection happened while on myspace which I suspect was a drive-by as a result of the increased ad rotations. If, in fact, this is the cause, I guess you cant really trust any site nowadays :(Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13650737822834638070noreply@blogger.com