Wandering Idiot wrote:
Yorik wrote:
Quick question: how do I check a web page for viruses and shit before I actually open the page? And yes, this is related to Operation: Recollect Pr0n.
You can download things like McAfee's Siteadvisor or Trend Micro's Trendprotect plug-ins for free, although really if you're using Firefox you could just disable java and javascript and be essentially fine.
PsionicsNOTMagic wrote:
Preferably someone you don't communicate with much online. There are viruses that like to piggyback in e-mails and images.
Everybody wrote:
STFU!
Perhaps I'm missing something, but what did he say that was so bad? There
are plenty of viruses that spread through active content in emails. The bit about images was admittedly stupid, as they're not executable files (there are a handful of viruses that store inert portions of themselves inside image formats, but opening that file itself won't cause anything to happen). Or is the STFU more of a general sentiment?
The STFU, as you put it, is a general sentiment. Psi's a fucktard, it's that simple.
As for the email idea... Let's assume I have a bucket. Let's assume that in the event of a virus, the bucket is filled with shit. Now, let's assume I have a bucket filled with a zip-loc bag that contains liquefied shit; this is roughly analogous to having an email with whatever means of virus execution we're talking about. What do I do? do I pour the contents of the shit-bag all over my body and roll around in the drippy bits?
No.
Typically container formats in themselves are innocuous- if they weren't by design, who in the world would download media? If there have been any major exploits involving them, I'm obviously not aware of. The same goes with e-mail. Often, the problem lies with the program processing the container... Such as executing things it shouldn't.