Thanks for the update, Pat.
I have to disagree, though. Bad guys are not smarter than good guys.
Bad guys just direct their efforts toward mischief, while good guys
have better things to do.
:-)
Vivian
At 09:31 AM 9/21/2009, you wrote:
Vivian,
I got a PM from Joy Fisher. It was an infected image file that when
clicked, redirected
people to a web site where malware - Bloodhound.Exploit.196 - could
be installed on their
computers.
Something similar happened to me a couple of years ago when I
visited a free graphics site
and saved a breast cancer awareness ribbon to my computer. It was
infected with the "Look
To Me" virus/malware. The bad guys are smarter than the good guys. ;-)
Pat Sabin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael and Vivian Saffold" <msaffold(a)bellsouth.net>
To: <gagen(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 8:04 AM
Subject: Re: [GAGEN] Fwd: [USGENWEB-DISCUSS] Final Update -
>I have contacted the appropriate people at the national level. I will
> post the answers.
>
> Vivian
>
> At 09:24 AM 9/18/2009, you wrote:
>>As one who has contracted devastating viruses and spyware in spite
>>of antivirus software
>>and extreme caution. I would love to have known the NAME of this
>>threat, and how the files
>>were infected. I assume that it was accomplished by someone .ftping
>>infected files?
>>Since we never got any specific information, I assume that there is
>>absolutely *no*
>>possibility that our computers and the computers of researchers
>>visiting USGenWeb could be
>>infected ....?
>>
>>Pat Sabin in Gwinnett
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Michael and Vivian Saffold" <msaffold(a)bellsouth.net>
>>To: <GAGEN(a)rootsweb.com>
>>Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 8:02 AM
>>Subject: [GAGEN] Fwd: [USGENWEB-DISCUSS] Final Update -
>>
>>
>> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>***************** Please forward to all Project Lists
*******************
>> >>
>> >>With many thanks to Joy Fisher, Jeff Kemp & the techies at IX,
>> we've managed
>> >>to get rid of all of the hacker's files from the USGenWeb
National Project
>> >>site and the sites hosted at
theusgenweb.org. Google has been
notified and
>> >>asked to revisit the sites, so you should not be receiving any
warnings any
>> >>more when you visit the sites.
>> >>
>> >>Thanks for everyone's patience while we've worked to ensure
that the sites
>> >>are no longer infected.
>> >>
>> >>Sherri Bradley
>> >>National Coordinator
>> >>USGenWeb Project
>> >>http://usgenweb.org
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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