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Re: Why is this site a security threat?
| quote: | Originally posted by Blizwar2
Seriously, we all know this website can give you a virus, my friend Andy accidentally destroyed my OS and I couldn't recover it back in January by using IE instead of Firefox once. Just 10 minutes ago when I hit refresh and the Ad Popup thing launched it tried to put 2 virus exploits on my machine. The Bloodhound Exploit # 109 and the Byte Verify Trojan. |
If you read the technical details of those 2 examples you cite you'd see one is related to a Windows exploit that was patched YEARS ago - and - another, is for Quicktime.
As for your OS, I've used both IE and Firefox for years now and have never had any issue with regards to virii infecting my system - much less from popups.
Chances are if you headed over to Secunia you'd find a multitude of apps installed on your computer that have exploits and haven't had the appropriate patches applied - please, don't blame TA for your virus problems. If a popup causes you grief then take the source URL of it and leave feedback in the form and I'll relay it to the Ad Publisher who can deal with it.
| quote: | Originally posted by Blizwar2
Already more than half the people I know refuse to use the site because it ruins their machine. |

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