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<blockquote data-quote="roger_m" data-source="post: 937261" data-attributes="member: 31436">[USER=86910]@struppigel[/USER] It has been my experience over many years that it is exceptionally rare to get infected just by visiting a website.&nbsp; I&#039;m not talking about getting infected by manually opening a file that was downloaded, but getting infected without having to open any files.&nbsp; The only time I&#039;ve ever been infected just by visiting a website, was on a system that was running outdated versions of Java and Flash, and that happened many years ago.&nbsp; I spend many hours surfing the web, with an ad-blocker being the only form of web protection I use.&nbsp; I fairly often visit random websites, which I know nothing about, that could potentially be harmful.&nbsp; Despite this, I only get infected when I manually launch an infected file.&nbsp; Sometimes I encounter websites which want me to download some random exe files, which no doubt are harmful or can download and install some third party software.&nbsp; But in order for me to get infected in these instances, it would require me to actually download and execute the files.&nbsp; Don&#039;t get me wrong, I&#039;m not trying to be dismissive of your professional experience, but this has been my experience over many years.I&#039;d be interested to see some data specially about infections that occur just by visiting websites on computers that are kept updated, rather than drive by downloads which require the user to open them to infect the system.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="roger_m, post: 937261, member: 31436"] [USER=86910]@struppigel[/USER] It has been my experience over many years that it is exceptionally rare to get infected just by visiting a website. I'm not talking about getting infected by manually opening a file that was downloaded, but getting infected without having to open any files. The only time I've ever been infected just by visiting a website, was on a system that was running outdated versions of Java and Flash, and that happened many years ago. I spend many hours surfing the web, with an ad-blocker being the only form of web protection I use. I fairly often visit random websites, which I know nothing about, that could potentially be harmful. Despite this, I only get infected when I manually launch an infected file. Sometimes I encounter websites which want me to download some random exe files, which no doubt are harmful or can download and install some third party software. But in order for me to get infected in these instances, it would require me to actually download and execute the files. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to be dismissive of your professional experience, but this has been my experience over many years. I'd be interested to see some data specially about infections that occur just by visiting websites on computers that are kept updated, rather than drive by downloads which require the user to open them to infect the system. [/QUOTE]

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