Hey guys, So I got a virus from a webpage last night with no input from myself, I didn't give any permissions or download anything.
Firstly I use IE and Im not a fan of FireFox. I run windows 7 with UAC disabled.
So I'm on this webpage and java opens in my windows tray then my pc shuts down, I turn it back on and open task manager quickly, spotted the virus straight away and killed its process tree, I then opened msconfig and removed the entry it had given itself to load upon boot. From there I saw the virus was in appdata roaming folder I then deleted the exe.
Pretty sure its killed but I needed to format anyway so I'll wipe the disc tonight to be safe.
Could you please help me understand how a webpage manipulates java into saving and executing an exe on my pc.
I put IE security from default to max and went back to the site to see what I could learn, I didn't get a virus again, instead It said something like an addon for this site failed to run.
So I'm here to learn, how does it do it and how to prevent it?
I don't want an AntiVirus installed and I want to stick with IE, apart from increase IE security what can I do (dont visit dodgy sites yes yes I know
)
Thanks in advance.
Firstly I use IE and Im not a fan of FireFox. I run windows 7 with UAC disabled.
So I'm on this webpage and java opens in my windows tray then my pc shuts down, I turn it back on and open task manager quickly, spotted the virus straight away and killed its process tree, I then opened msconfig and removed the entry it had given itself to load upon boot. From there I saw the virus was in appdata roaming folder I then deleted the exe.
Pretty sure its killed but I needed to format anyway so I'll wipe the disc tonight to be safe.
Could you please help me understand how a webpage manipulates java into saving and executing an exe on my pc.
I put IE security from default to max and went back to the site to see what I could learn, I didn't get a virus again, instead It said something like an addon for this site failed to run.
So I'm here to learn, how does it do it and how to prevent it?
I don't want an AntiVirus installed and I want to stick with IE, apart from increase IE security what can I do (dont visit dodgy sites yes yes I know
)Thanks in advance.