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<blockquote data-quote="Nikos751" data-source="post: 548792" data-attributes="member: 5403">Thanks a lot for sharing this. I have posted about my last infection one or two times in MT already at irrelevant threads, but seeing this post makes me want to share it again. The one and only time my own PC was infected was via some kind of exploit when visited a specific kind of unknown website (it provided software keys, promos, sth like that). It was a freshly formatted system and fully updated with both ESS and Webroot SA running. I reformatted my disk and reinstalled Windows, redid the same steps, and the system got infected again. Several Windows services were disabled, ESS crashed while Webroot SA did not react. This incident reminds me that browser exploits can harm you even if everything is updated and such infection can easily occur to every single user who does not use an above-average security configuration. In order to minimize possibilities for something like that, the only way is using multi layered protection with extra measures like sandboxing/restriction software. I know, most of us here have heard about multiple layers of security, but it&#039;s good to remind it and put real examples to make the whole thing less theoretical and more realistic. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nikos751, post: 548792, member: 5403"] Thanks a lot for sharing this. I have posted about my last infection one or two times in MT already at irrelevant threads, but seeing this post makes me want to share it again. The one and only time my own PC was infected was via some kind of exploit when visited a specific kind of unknown website (it provided software keys, promos, sth like that). It was a freshly formatted system and fully updated with both ESS and Webroot SA running. I reformatted my disk and reinstalled Windows, redid the same steps, and the system got infected again. Several Windows services were disabled, ESS crashed while Webroot SA did not react. This incident reminds me that browser exploits can harm you even if everything is updated and such infection can [U]easily[/U] occur to every single user who does not use an above-average security configuration. In order to [U]minimize[/U] possibilities for something like that, the only way is using multi layered protection with extra measures like sandboxing/restriction software. I know, most of us here have heard about multiple layers of security, but it's good to remind it and put real examples to make the whole thing less theoretical and more realistic. :) [/QUOTE]

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