Farrari 4 Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 For those that haven't seen this on stuff.co.nz http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/5458448/Malware-virus-hits-MetService-website The MetService has confirmed visitors to its website in the past few days may have contracted a computer virus from malware hidden in online advertisements on the site. The state-owned enterprise said it became aware of the issue at 8pm last night and immediately shut down the computer server that served up advertisements on its website to prevent more people being infected. Computer users would not necessarily have needed to click on an advertisement to be infected. I'd imagine this has quite a popular web site in the last week or so. It might pay to update to AV definitions and run a manual scan just in case. Link to post Share on other sites
Fogg 427 Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Following the report in Stuff, a Metservice spokesman was reported as adding: "It's that time of the year and we think it was the cold weather that caused our systems to pick up this cold virus - it's been bloody cold here in Wellington, that's for sure. And our server room air-conditioners just kept the server stacks far too cold. We're still not sure whether what we've experienced is really malware or spyware, a worm, a trojan horse or a logicbomb. But either way, it's the first time in more than 70 years that our systems have caught an infection. They should come right again in a few days. Meanwhile, anyone wanting to know the weather forecast should carry on as normal i.e. just look out of the window." Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Following the report in Stuff, a Metservice spokesman was reported as adding: "It's that time of the year and we think it was the cold weather that caused our systems to pick up this cold virus - it's been bloody cold here in Wellington, that's for sure. And our server room air-conditioners just kept the server stacks far too cold. We're still not sure whether what we've experienced is really malware or spyware, a worm, a trojan horse or a logicbomb. But either way, it's the first time in more than 70 years that our systems have caught an infection. They should come right again in a few days. Meanwhile, anyone wanting to know the weather forecast should carry on as normal i.e. just look out of the window." G'day -high-flyin' - "Comet'. I live in Far North Qld, OZ - son (48) computer specialist lives in Brisbane, OZ says instal - - superantispyware - 1/ it's free, 2/ it's the best he can find & uses. I've got a bad case of 'polution/corruption' from having watched all the AC 45's racing in Cascais & now get 15 to 20 'pop-ups' every 1/2 lhr - when on line. I installed both 'google' & 'youtube' - Gawd that was NOT smart!!! The system is down-loading as I e-mail this note. 'Buggs' wont go away by themselves - U gota smack-em & very hard. IMHO. Good luck & good sialing - if you can find your boat under all that snow. Better your than me, Ciao, from the tropics @ 29* @ 1220 hrs, james Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Just use Firefox and you can block any ads before they even arrive. Link to post Share on other sites
khayyam 77 Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Just use Firefox and you can block any ads before they even arrive. except for the ads on this site, of course... Link to post Share on other sites
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