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Thread ID: 113037	2010-10-02 07:16:00	The 17 Most Dangerous Places on the Web	wainuitech (129)	PC World Chat

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1141143	2010-10-02 07:16:00	Interesting Article From PCWorld (www.pcworld.com) ( not the NZ PCworld) Page 3 makes an interesting :D Read.	wainuitech (129)
1141144	2010-10-02 07:20:00	Aww they missed Auckland / Sth Auckland / Manukau :p	Speedy Gonzales (78)
1141145	2010-10-02 07:55:00	Torrent sites the most dangerous? I admit, they can have some "nasties" but not all. trusted up loaders along with the completely legal ones like clearbits are relatively clean of malware, its just common sense. The people who generally use Torrent related content aren't that stupid, usually fake torrents with virus' get hit up pretty bad with negative comments Step 1 (for me) is run all the stuff I want to test in a vm Step 2 AV scan Step 3 Depending on good or bad use or delete Step 4 Restore VM image	The Error Guy (14052)
1141146	2010-10-02 08:09:00	P2P programs are probably worse. Fixed an uncle's PC last week. Because he said it was slow. 3 different P2P programs, Bitlord, Vuze and 360Pro or something (they ripped off limewire's code). And changed it so people pay to use it. It was covered in trojans and worms. Told him before NOT to install any P2P programs, but did he listen? No. Had to use malwarebytes (that removed most of them), then disabled SR. Rebooted, then did a full scan with MSSE. He didnt realise, whatever he was downloading or running before, MSSE was removing trojans (I saw 6-7 of them in MSSE"s log)	Speedy Gonzales (78)
1141147	2010-10-02 08:10:00	Gee. Scary place to visit the Internet. Decided to pull the plug on my broadband altogether on the strength of that. :)	Snorkbox (15764)
1141148	2010-10-02 08:45:00	The most dangerous place on the interwebs is 4chan.org. /thread	Cato (6936)
1141149	2010-10-02 08:48:00	What Happens When You Surf Unprotected Illustrations by Mark Todd 11:45 a . m . I start the experiment with a pristine, clean PC running Windows Vista . 11:55 a . m . I need to check my e-mail . I download what appears to be a résumé file . Strange, I'm not hiring . I open it anyway . My screen flickers a little, but nothing starts . Hmm . . . 12:00 p . m . I start poking around on the Web, and start out easy . I run a Google search for free smilies, and sure enough, I find some . Who am I to refuse? 12:29 p . m . A couple smiley packs later, I am up to three browser toolbars . Junkware, but no malware . . . yet . 12:41 p . m . I download some random freebie antivirus software I've never heard of . Let's see what this does . . . 12:48 p . m . More random downloads, and my desktop is getting junked up . I now have icons for free games and 1000 free songs littered all over, plus more browser toolbars than I care to have . 12:55 p . m . IE is hating me right now . Still no signs of malware, but something's sure eating up system resources . 1:03 p . m . My PC locks up for a few moments . 1:25 p . m . After a restart, Windows throws up a warning about a program at C:\Users\PCW\AppData\Roaming\host32 . exe . I have no idea what it is . 1:40 p . m . I think I killed IE . I can't launch it . Malware? But I uninstall a couple of toolbars, and it seems to work again . 3:00 p . m . It's unclear whether I've gotten infected by anything on the Web, but so far I haven't done anything too terribly risky . However, I've got to check my e-mail again; I'm expecting an important file from a friend . 3:05 p . m . Whoops . I think I clicked on the wrong file . I've got fake antivirus! 3:25 p . m . I now have three or four fake antivirus programs running . Malware has also planted three shortcut links to porn sites on my desktop . And whenever I open something in IE, a fake antivirus app kicks in with a fake warning . 4:13 p . m . Something just forced my PC to shut down and restart . I think I've successfully hosed this computer . As we can all see, common sense always prevails . NOT!	Cato (6936)
1141150	2010-10-02 18:58:00	And Trademe: www.nzherald.co.nz	pctek (84)
1141151	2010-10-02 20:43:00	And Just down the road (www.3news.co.nz)	wainuitech (129)
1141152	2010-10-02 20:46:00	And Just down the road (www.3news.co.nz) Yes well meant to ask last night what you had been up to, after seeing it on the news. Have you been a bad boy? :(	gary67 (56)
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