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Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java?

From Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch>
Subject Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java?
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.apps
References (6 earlier) <vilain-7D0B89.13514405042012@news.individual.net> <7q2dncu67MYpuuPSnZ2dnUVZ_hydnZ2d@giganews.com> <1ki4t93.3nihuzj237dsN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz> <7padnbtRk9LI_OPSnZ2dnUVZ_uWdnZ2d@giganews.com> <1ki56ht.18z9ldtp7u0n3N%dempson@actrix.gen.nz>
Organization PostgreSQL and SQLite
Date 2012-04-06 14:09 +0200
Message-ID <413359-tno.ln1@news.sture.ch> (permalink)

Cross-posted to 2 groups.

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On Fri, 06 Apr 2012 18:19:29 +1200, David Empson wrote:

> I expect it is mostly affects disreputable sites, but in principle you
> could have something like a hijacked advertisement feed for a legitimate
> site.

I've come across a couple of incidences of hijacked advertisement feeds 
on a legitimate site I use in the last few months.  They appeared in the 
middle of the night so only a few folks were affected.

I was running the Firefox NoScript add-on on the first occasion and saw 
nothing; on the second occasion my Windows antivirus tool caught the 
malware and blocked it.

I've also added the Firefox add-on Adblock Plus since then to reduce my 
exposure.

And I have started browsing that site using Linux inside a virtual
machine :-)

-- 
Paul Sture

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Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2012-04-04 19:03 -0500
  Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2012-04-04 19:54 -0700
    Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-04-05 00:06 -0400
      Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2012-04-05 00:24 -0700
        Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-04-05 16:10 -0400
          Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2012-04-05 13:33 -0700
            Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2012-04-05 13:51 -0700
              Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? *Hemidactylus* <ecphoric@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-05 19:16 -0400
                Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2012-04-06 14:48 +1200
                Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? *Hemidactylus* <ecphoric@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-05 23:21 -0400
                Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2012-04-06 18:19 +1200
                Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-06 14:09 +0200
                Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2012-04-09 18:17 +0100
                Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? PhillipJones <pjones1@kimbanet.com> - 2012-04-09 14:20 -0400
                Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2012-04-10 17:46 +0100
                Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-11 10:18 +0200
                Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2012-04-11 15:13 -0700
                Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-06 14:01 +0200
                Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2012-04-07 01:46 +1200
                Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2012-04-06 12:15 -0400
                Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-09 09:11 +0200
                Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2012-04-09 11:42 -0400
              Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-06 13:51 +0200
                Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2012-04-06 09:28 -0700
                Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-06 21:51 +0200
                Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2012-04-06 16:43 -0700
    Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-04-05 21:27 -0400
      Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-06 14:19 +0200
        Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2012-04-06 09:29 -0700
          Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2012-04-06 12:22 -0700
            Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-04-06 17:40 -0400
      Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2012-04-06 12:11 -0400
  Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-05 10:01 +0200
    Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2012-04-05 01:55 -0700
      Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-05 11:40 +0200
        Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2012-04-06 09:30 -0700
          Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? Dave Allen <kneeljung@gmail.com> - 2012-04-06 19:03 -0500
            Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2012-04-07 12:48 +1200
              Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? Dave Allen <kneeljung@gmail.com> - 2012-04-07 13:56 -0500
            Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2012-04-07 09:53 -0700
              Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? SY <205sk@accessforall.invalid> - 2012-04-07 19:01 +0200
                Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-04-07 14:10 -0400
            Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2012-04-21 13:18 -0700
    Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2012-04-05 08:20 -0400
    Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-05 08:38 -0500
      Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2012-04-05 15:51 -0700
        Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-05 18:49 -0500
          Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2012-04-05 16:54 -0700
      Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-08 13:38 +0200
        Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to@but.see.sig> - 2012-04-09 14:03 -0400
    Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? *Hemidactylus* <ecphoric@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-05 19:10 -0400
  Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to@but.see.sig> - 2012-04-09 14:00 -0400
    Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-11 10:37 +0200
      Re: Is there a Flashback protection/fix for Mac OS X 10.5.8's vulnerable Java? HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com (Helpful Harry) - 2012-04-12 09:13 +1200

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