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The Quiet One 
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 Topic: Can WE be infected?
Posted: July 05 2008 at 14:11 |
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Well the question is: Can we, PA members, be infected with any virus or hack or whatever when it's injected on PA?
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chopper
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Posted: July 05 2008 at 14:56 |
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You can get infected from any number of web sites if you have insufficient virus protection on your PC.
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: July 05 2008 at 15:20 |
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^ virus software is important, but as far as hacked websites are concerned it's even more important to always have the latest version of your web browser.
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Finnforest
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Posted: July 05 2008 at 15:33 |
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Is it too soon to be into Firefox 3? I see its out there but do you guys usually wait a certain period of "debug" time before grabbing the latest browser version?
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...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell"
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: July 05 2008 at 15:35 |
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^ you should definitely upgrade. The new version has been tested thoroughly ... I had the betas and release candidates installed since May and never encountered any problems. You can be sure that the focus of the developers lies on the current version, particularly when it comes to fixing security related bugs. Besides, Firefox 3 is like 10 times faster than the previous version, or IE 7 for that matter.
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Finnforest
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Posted: July 05 2008 at 15:56 |
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Cool Mike, that is exactly the kind of advice I needed to hear! Thanks!
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...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell"
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The Quiet One
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Posted: July 05 2008 at 15:58 |
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Hey, but, there's nobody answering my question. I'm not talking about any page, I'm talking about PA, with this problem of the infections of something, is it possible that these attacks on PA can also affect the PA member?
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: July 05 2008 at 16:29 |
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^ you're accessing PA with your web browser. The point of these ongoing attacks is to put code on the PA pages which could - through your browser - infect your computer. It's not really a problem of PA specifically, but of any page you visit. With every page you view there is the risk that something "evil" happens ... and the older your web browser version, the older your virus definitions are, or the fewer windows updates you installed, the higher is the chance of that happening.
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The Quiet One
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Posted: July 05 2008 at 16:32 |
 MikeEnRegalia wrote:
^ you're accessing PA with your web browser. The point of these ongoing attacks is to put code on the PA pages which could - through your browser - infect your computer. It's not really a problem of PA specifically, but of any page you visit. With every page you view there is the risk that something "evil" happens ... and the older your web browser version, the older your virus definitions are, or the fewer windows updates you installed, the higher is the chance of that happening.
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oh!  thx for the advise. 
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YesFan72
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Posted: July 16 2008 at 08:20 |
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All I have to say is I love Macs.
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Easy Livin
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Posted: July 16 2008 at 11:45 |
Micky does too, oh wait, that's Big Macs.
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Certif1ed
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Posted: July 16 2008 at 15:05 |
YesFan72 wrote:
All I have to say is I love Macs. |
You wouldn't if they were as popular as PCs, and the virus writers wrote exploits for Macs instead. Remember that the script kiddies always go for the biggest target. More people have PCs running Windows, hence more viruses are written for Windows than any other O/S.
MikeEnRegalia wrote:
^ you should definitely upgrade. The new version has been tested thoroughly ... I had the betas and release candidates installed since May and never encountered any problems. You can be sure that the focus of the developers lies on the current version, particularly when it comes to fixing security related bugs. Besides, Firefox 3 is like 10 times faster than the previous version, or IE 7 for that matter. |
Trust me, NO software is thoroughly tested 
However, it's definitely worth using FireFox, as it's
a) Better than IE
b) Better tested than IE
c) Less expoited than IE by the script kiddies (like Macs), so you're less likely to get a virus
d) Much easier to submit issue reports and get stuff fixed
I always use the latest version I can, because I test software for a living, and get a kind of satisfaction when I find bugs... 
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The important thing is not to stop questioning.
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The T
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Posted: July 16 2008 at 15:20 |
Easy Livin wrote:
Micky does too, oh wait, that's Big Macs. |
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Wilcey
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Posted: July 16 2008 at 15:30 |
I don't get what is so amazing with FireFox, I installed in on my last lappie........ it never worked properly, I had a tonne of annoying "extra" tool bars I couldn't lose and it was a right royal pain in the butt!
Never had a problem with IE, I never had a glimmer of a virus either :-)
Ever since that last attack I have had a mighty problem with PA, is it just me? 
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