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I have found a drive by download on my work PC and ISTXXXBAR is its name. It supposedly grabs my IE and redirects it to an adult site (which was blocked). Long story short, no one will believe I didn't access adult content sites manually and I'm in hot water. I REALLY DIDN'T ACCESS THOSE SITES.

How did this nasty bug get on my system? Why didn't the firewall/antivirus catch it? Is it possible to even get this thing without visiting one of these sites (Maybe I got it on my home PC and transferred a file to work?) HELP HELP HELP
Posted by: wwylieiii   Posted on: 06/30/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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i-Lookup flaw has been around for months..  el1jones | 06/09/04
Chronic HIA. . .  boomslang_z | 06/10/04
MS reacts to attack vectors, not fixes design flaws  oldskool | 06/10/04
How is it criminal to use this flaw?  voska | 06/09/04
Well, Let's see....  el1jones | 06/09/04
That was a virus..this is merely adware  Jeff Spicoli | 06/09/04
Don't think it matters  seosamh_z | 06/09/04
I agree with your point but..  Jeff Spicoli | 06/09/04
damage is irrelvant..  ryusen | 06/09/04
Where do you draw the line?  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 06/09/04
EXACTLY!!!  Jeff Spicoli | 06/09/04
Just a question  Rick_K | 06/09/04
mass reply  ryusen | 06/10/04
Not the same  voska | 06/10/04
The difference escapes me.  el1jones | 06/09/04
The Devil's Argument  Martin Marvinski | 06/09/04
i would hope that...  ryusen | 06/09/04
I agree, I'd call it a virus too but  voska | 06/10/04
Well then  prong@... | 06/10/04
No, I wouldn't mind at all  Jeff Spicoli | 06/10/04
Backwards view  voska | 06/10/04
well....  medezark | 06/10/04
Should be and what does happen  voska | 06/10/04
subtle difference in intent is all we are talking about  oldskool | 06/10/04
you aren't thinking very clearly  Valis Keogh | 06/09/04
it's possible  ryusen | 06/09/04
How so?  prong@... | 06/10/04
But, Officer, the door was unlocked . . .  boomslang_z | 06/10/04
Transfer of Page View Date should be outlawed!  anthonycea | 06/09/04
I agree, but it could never work  tamuhockey | 06/09/04
Cool  Linux User 147560 | 06/09/04
As opposed to the EULA flaw?  Nigel Johnstone | 06/09/04
A fix has already been released  Jeff Spicoli | 06/09/04
here here  nikoli | 06/09/04
I'll second that  Avatar28 | 06/09/04
Don't care for Firefox...  Confused by religion | 06/09/04
Opera's snazzy but..  Jeff Spicoli | 06/09/04
do you  eLurker | 06/10/04
Of course  Jeff Spicoli | 06/10/04
im not sure  eLurker | 06/11/04
Agreed  Expatriate US Geek | 06/09/04
Hear, hear!!!  Martin Marvinski | 06/09/04
not the only way...  ryusen | 06/09/04
Mozilla FireFox is great  voska | 06/10/04
Is that also the fix for....  ShadeTree | 06/10/04
Yes it is  Jeff Spicoli | 06/10/04
Kind of hung up on this one OSX flaw...  MacCanuck | 06/11/04
This has got to be fixed RIGHT NOW!  BitTwiddler | 06/09/04
Oh?  Martin Marvinski | 06/09/04
Yep  BitTwiddler | 06/10/04
No, just download a better browser RIGHT NOW!  Eggs Ackley_z | 06/09/04
(nt)it's not that easy in the enterprise  toadlife | 06/09/04
And THAT is a disgrace  Jeff Spicoli | 06/09/04
Finally, someone who understands...  BitTwiddler | 06/10/04
Sure it is  voska | 06/10/04
reason 4  ryusen | 06/09/04
excuse  Eggs Ackley_z | 06/10/04
Try getting 50 different U.S. government agencies...  toadlife | 06/10/04
yes but...  ryusen | 06/10/04
what  eLurker | 06/11/04
Does it affect limited users?  PB_z | 06/09/04
I'm wondering this too  toadlife | 06/09/04
sound advise, but not always practical  ryusen | 06/09/04
Actually it's almost allways practical  toadlife | 06/09/04
depends on your situation i guess  ryusen | 06/10/04
In a word, yes  doctormoriarty | 06/10/04
please explain  toadlife | 06/10/04
You'll find this of interest.  Yen_z | 06/10/04
Limited users are protected  PB_z | 06/10/04
Sorry, but you're wrong  toadlife | 06/10/04
Sorry, but we're both about half-right.  Yen_z | 06/11/04
interesting  toadlife | 06/11/04
This attack is allowed by bugs in Microsoft JVM  kchahal | 06/09/04
drive by downloads are nothing new  Avatar28 | 06/09/04
The legal reply  Martin Marvinski | 06/09/04
Sad, but completely true  tamuhockey | 06/09/04
data yes, programs, no  Avatar28 | 06/09/04
Re: data yes, programs, no, but stealing???  vance@... | 06/10/04
Driveby Downloads == Windows Update  markgros@... | 06/09/04
Hot water  wwylieiii | 06/30/04
Good for the economy  Franklin_z | 06/09/04
Typical for ZDNet....  Rick_K | 06/09/04
I'm so glad I use a mac  DarthRidiculous | 06/10/04
And yet. . .  boomslang_z | 06/10/04
Sure  DarthRidiculous | 06/10/04
If you use IE you deserve to get screwed.  Xunil_Sierutuf | 06/10/04
Windows users should be asking themselves an important question  whisperycat | 06/10/04
So based  prong@... | 06/10/04
You respond to a post that wasn't made?  whisperycat | 06/10/04
They don't what to acknowlege that MS fought internet  oldskool | 06/10/04
Yep, biased  quietLee | 06/10/04
RE: Biased  CobraA1 | 06/11/04
What's new?  tslocum7 | 06/10/04
its DESIGN INTENT ... it simply can't be patched up!  oldskool | 06/10/04
By the way ... once you "trust them" you are wide open!  oldskool | 06/10/04
Use a Mac, there are no Zdnet reportable flaws  FilledOut | 06/10/04
Mac OS X Flaws  ShadeTree | 06/10/04
My point exactly  Rick_K | 06/10/04
Comparison of flaws  toadlife | 06/11/04
I set my Internet Security Settings to High!  Grayson_Peddie | 06/11/04
One word: Firefox  mac4drew | 06/28/04
Redir Trojan  rprice4499 | 06/29/04

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