Answer by 00112358123 for How can visiting a webpage infect your computer?
I am inclined to believe that what she experienced was a result of an outdated plugin like Flash or Java. Unless you have an actual need for Java on the system, remove it. And always try to stay up to...
View ArticleAnswer by Ryan for How can visiting a webpage infect your computer?
IE is by no means a secure browser, but a web page shouldn't be able to infect a computer, unless it is exploiting some pretty big security holes in plugins and/or add-on features of the browser.To be...
View ArticleAnswer by Dentrasi for How can visiting a webpage infect your computer?
This kind of exploit is only dangerous if you run your browser with admin rights..
View ArticleAnswer by Spencer Ruport for How can visiting a webpage infect your computer?
I'm pretty convinced flash has some vulnerabilities. I've been infected by websites I've visited using firefox and I am certain I did not install anything.
View ArticleAnswer by kibibu for How can visiting a webpage infect your computer?
If she's using an outdated version of IE (or Firefox) then there are well-known vulnerabilities in the browser itself. Yes, its kinda weird/stupid but writing perfect software is very very very very...
View ArticleAnswer by nik for How can visiting a webpage infect your computer?
Look at the Cross-site scripting (XSS) attaks -- wikipedia ref. It could also be a malware executable in a mail attachment that launched.But, since you describe going to a site, a browser exploit from...
View ArticleHow can visiting a webpage infect your computer?
My mother's computer recently became infected with some sort of rootkit. It began when she received an email from a close friend asking her to check out some sort of webpage. I never saw it, but my...
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