From Google Images to... Virus?!?!
polycounter lvl 15
Hi all,
in the last four months I've been infected with a kind of virus that auto-installs itself avoiding all protection and creating lot of troubles.
If you are asking yourself, the fact is quite simple: I made some search with Google Images with words like "mecha" or "pillar" or other words looking for reference for my projects.
When I click on those images, I went to that site where images was, but I was redirected automatically to another site where virus was waiting me!
Now I'm quite scared to make a search and it seems that is the most brilliant way to put a virus in your computer as you can read here http://www.google.com/search?q=google+image+virus
So, I'd like to know how you find your references and if you know a way as workaround this problem.
Thanks.
in the last four months I've been infected with a kind of virus that auto-installs itself avoiding all protection and creating lot of troubles.
If you are asking yourself, the fact is quite simple: I made some search with Google Images with words like "mecha" or "pillar" or other words looking for reference for my projects.
When I click on those images, I went to that site where images was, but I was redirected automatically to another site where virus was waiting me!
Now I'm quite scared to make a search and it seems that is the most brilliant way to put a virus in your computer as you can read here http://www.google.com/search?q=google+image+virus
So, I'd like to know how you find your references and if you know a way as workaround this problem.
Thanks.
Replies
Just keep all your programs up to date and pray
To tell the truth, it's quite simple to fix and clean, I mean, I'm not sure at 100%, but I have everything ok, but it's so sad!
Anyway, my friend, what software do you use?
Thanks.
I went that route after I got some nasty bugs, the only other solution is MSE up to date, since it's the most effective thing currently on the market.
But I didn't expect that there would be one when searching for mecha or pillar. I would have got caught. Thanks for telling me.
@Serp: yeap! ^__^ Just with "normal" search, you can unleash the hell in your computer!
At the beginning it was a terrible shame, friends thought I made strange search when, of course, it wasn't, instead the high number of cases made me thinking and I was right because everything started from Google Images as a lot of news from all around the web can prove.
I'm sure more domains will pop up in the future, but it should at least protect you from those most immediate threats people have encountered.
From yesterday night, I made different searches with no problem: mecha, pillar, tits.
But I feel like it's just question of time and they will find another way... damn b@st@rds!
No wonder I haven't run into it yet myself! Been using Opera for quite a long time now.