FYI possible technical problems with Truthout

[rtassi]

This evening while viewing Truthout my lap top downloaded a virus W32.welchia B worm. I am back to using my old Mac until I am able to solve this problem. This is only an FYI, I am not technically astute enough to determine for certain that it came through Truthout.:argh:

[lindashaw]

1. They got hacked the other day and were down for several days.

Sorry to hear this.

[NMDemDist2]

2. free online repair kits

at symantec.com also you can have them scan your machine for worms and virus'. go to security response.

[teach1st]

4. Do you remember where you were on Truthout?

Do you remember where you were on TO when this happened?

I have complete confidence in my computer defenses and detection abitlities, and haven't seen anything like that on Truthout today.

[doni_georgia]

3. That's the site I was on when I got pop-up bombed

with porn earlier today. I ran spybot and deleted files - do I need to do any other fix??

[LTR]

5. It could be a script that attacks your HOSTS file

They are sneaky little bastards. Undetectable by the best antivirus programs.

Learn more about the HOSTS file here:

http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

And download their HOSTS file that blocks hijackers and ad servers. Works well, but you may have to tweak it a little if you use any of the listed sites.

More reading here:

http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html