Trojans
Hey all my computer savvy friends, I have a couple of questions. When I go to a small site maintained by an individual, if their site main page causes my virus program to issue a warning that a trojan has been found, then:
a: does it mean there really is a trojan on that page or can it be my virus program just being picky, and
b: does the person who own the site necessarily have to know the trojan thing is there for it to be there?
That's 3am and no sleep language so if you don't understand, I'll try to ask it clearer tomorrow.
posted by Lady Julia @ 3:07 AM
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Dear Lady Julia,
i'll offer an opinion.
Although there are occasional false positives, the AV program is usually accurate and has prevented an infection. The AV program or support website will usually have information to describe the nature and severity of the Trojan.
The person responsible for maintaining the site is quite possibly not aware of the problem. The web page or server may not be as secure as he/she thinks and may have been compromised. Or they may have incorporated a service or program that is compromised. And it may be a false positive.
Sometimes on sites that are off the beaten path, a Trojan may be planted intentionally by unscrupulous individuals.
robert
Thank you so much for the help, Robert :) You're such a good boy...
I was going to have stab at this, but Robert has answered better than I could.
By the way, in your yahoogroup, there's a link to your blog at the bottom of each email. It points to the old blog.
Darren
Darren, thank you for telling me! I've corrected that.
It probably means the machine is running Windows and is infected. They're almost the same thing these days.
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