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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: 937288" data-attributes="member: 32260"><p>[USER=86910]@struppigel[/USER] is right by saying that drive-by downloads are not so rare. This also follows from the article mentioned in his post. So the answer to the OP is YES. One can get malware when visiting a website, even on updated Windows 10 with an updated web browser. But, the malware will not infect the system without user interaction, except when something is exploited. The danger follows from the fact that the attack can be easily done from a trusted website, for example via malicious Ads. So most people will follow the attacker's instructions and infect the system anyway.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy Ful, post: 937288, member: 32260"] [USER=86910]@struppigel[/USER] is right by saying that drive-by downloads are not so rare. This also follows from the article mentioned in his post. So the answer to the OP is YES. One can get malware when visiting a website, even on updated Windows 10 with an updated web browser. But, the malware will not infect the system without user interaction, except when something is exploited. The danger follows from the fact that the attack can be easily done from a trusted website, for example via malicious Ads. So most people will follow the attacker's instructions and infect the system anyway. [/QUOTE]
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