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Drive-by downloads: Can you get malware just from visiting a website?
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<blockquote data-quote="Andy Ful" data-source="post: 936985" data-attributes="member: 32260"><p>I think that both @[USER=37647]shmu26[/USER] and @[USER=86910]struppigel[/USER] can be right. There are many people who use the unpatched system/software and vulnerable browser plugins. In such a case, the malware can escape from the web browser and infect the system without user interaction. But, there is no worry otherwise.</p><p>Of course, there is still a very rare possibility of such an attack via 0-day exploit, but the chances for that are many times lower compared to other threats.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy Ful, post: 936985, member: 32260"] I think that both @[USER=37647]shmu26[/USER] and @[USER=86910]struppigel[/USER] can be right. There are many people who use the unpatched system/software and vulnerable browser plugins. In such a case, the malware can escape from the web browser and infect the system without user interaction. But, there is no worry otherwise. Of course, there is still a very rare possibility of such an attack via 0-day exploit, but the chances for that are many times lower compared to other threats. [/QUOTE]
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