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Last week, when I went to turn off my computer and finally turn in for a good night’s sleep, my computer told me to hold on a moment while it installed some updates, as it almost always does. But this time it took way more than a few minutes, as my Windows PC installed a [...]

IN THE HEADLINES: How to Get Nuked in a Drive-by Download

Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● September 2, 2010

A security expert just revealed that as many as five million web sites hosted by Network Solutions, one of the biggest registrars of domain names and host to millions of personal and small business web sites, may have been serving up drive-by downloads, possibly for years. A drive-by download is more accurately a “surf-by” download, [...]


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