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Drive-by downloads: Can you get malware just from visiting a website?
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<blockquote data-quote="struppigel" data-source="post: 936969" data-attributes="member: 86910"><p>What makes you think it is rare? Do you have any data that supports this claim?</p><p></p><p>The reason I am asking is that this is not my experience at all. While dealing with infected systems on forums and customer's systems, drive-by-downloads are one of the major causes.</p><p></p><p>There are also not-so-old reports which indicate that this is still a major problem. E.g., this one from last year: <a href="https://blog.confiant.com/malvertising-site-compromise-and-a-status-report-on-drive-by-downloads-c127e16e57d7?gi=55351de88006" target="_blank">Malvertising, Site Compromise, And A Status Report On Drive-by Downloads</a></p><p>And it is concluding with this remark:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="struppigel, post: 936969, member: 86910"] What makes you think it is rare? Do you have any data that supports this claim? The reason I am asking is that this is not my experience at all. While dealing with infected systems on forums and customer's systems, drive-by-downloads are one of the major causes. There are also not-so-old reports which indicate that this is still a major problem. E.g., this one from last year: [URL="https://blog.confiant.com/malvertising-site-compromise-and-a-status-report-on-drive-by-downloads-c127e16e57d7?gi=55351de88006"]Malvertising, Site Compromise, And A Status Report On Drive-by Downloads[/URL] And it is concluding with this remark: [/QUOTE]
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