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    Can clicking on hacked site cause infection?

    Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by Hiker, Jan 13, 2010.

  1. Hiker

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    I recently clicked on a website I frequent that got hacked. Can the hacked page cause infection if scripts is allowed to run? Did NoScripts save the day?
     

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    Javascript CAN install malware. But nowadays you have to click on confirmation boxes for that to happen. So if you didn't see a box that said "Click OK to win 1 MILLION dollars" then you are ok.
     
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    With NoScirpt I didn't see (or hear) anything but others have said it wanted to download something. Real audio pluin? Some heard a song..
     
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    Its a song probably.. Imagine the internet if people could just place stuff on a website, which would thne just automatically spread into your pc as you visited that site.. Kinda obvious that it doesnt work like that (anymore?) if you ask me.
     
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    It use to work like that, thanks to vulnerabilities of ActiveX and JavaScript.

    Downloading Audio Codecs from unknown sources will also potentially violate your virgin system.
     
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