Within the last few days, i have unfortunately found some bad things on 2 of the 4 computers in my home network...all of which are protected by up to date antivirus and multiple firewalls.
How could this happen? Because we are people and innocently clicked on something. I think Honey clicked on an ad for free instant scan of your computer and introduced a Trojan, which unloaded a user logon hijacker, while I must have allowed a popup that introduced a Trojan that unloaded a script that took over my browser. In both cases I found and eliminated the problems with a new software that I am still a little skeptical about, but so far it seems to work.
The Trojans were Vundo (variant 4) and FakeAlert....
It just so happens I discovered this while during the day attending some classes for Information Security professionals, and found that many of the people in class had experienced similar malwares on their home computers and work networks....
The truth is, eternal vigilence is not just a catchy phrase, its the requirement to protect your information and privacy. A momentary lapse on my part reinforced that concept...
Have they found a cure for Vundo? That was a nasty one at one time, morphing itself and coming back time after time. It use to be the only way to rid one self of Vundo was to do a reformat. I actually corrupted a system once just trying to rid it of Vundo, that was when it was first out and no tools could really take it out.
ReplyDeleteAh, the weakest link is always going to be the users ;-).