I re-imaged my system hard drive the other day after getting infected with a google redirect virus, and a lot of other nasty malware that was apparently smart enough to be able to tell what you're doing and shuts your system down after making it unbootable. Seems to have been a Java exploit.
I...
Scanning the web today I still do not see a credible "all clear" signal regarding the JAVA exploit. This team came up with a patch:
Researcher Develops Patch for Java Zero-Day, Puts Pressure on Oracle to Deliver its Fix | threatpost
but I don't see affirmative Greenlight from the major 3rd...
I got infected by the Anti-piracy ransomware thing yesterday. Is the infection related to the Java exploit?
I used tools recommended on this site and it looks to be fixed. I also uninstalled Java 6 and Java 7 (had both on my system?). While on the Java website they showed an option in the Java...
Hi,
I recently clicked on a fake Java update, which infected my computer with:
Exploit:Java/CVE-2010-0840.IO
TrojanDownloader.Java/OpenConnection.OS
TrojanDownloader.Java/OpenConnection.OU
These were recognised after doing a full MSE scan, and selecting these files for removal.
hi there
I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this plea...
About a week ago i removed Explot:Java/CVE-20100840.JA and TrojanDownloader@Java/Openconnection using MSE. 3 days ago I was attaching a word document to a hotmail email and the system froze and never woke up. I used the...
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