[geeks] filtering out web base trojan?

[Alois Hammer]

So far as I know, Filterset.G is deprecated.  (The official F.G updater
extension for Firefox was broken for a long time, I know that much.) 
Default installations of Adblock Plus point to the main list at
easylist.adblockplus.org (during initial setup).  I subscribe to all
three lists, and use the Element Hiding Helper extension.

On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:10:23 -0400, "Jonathan Katz" <jon at jonworld.com>
said:
> On Mar 16, 2008, at 6:58 AM, Sheldon T. Hall wrote:
> > Yep, over 10,000 sites counted by
> > http://www.incidents.org/diary.html?storyid=4139.
> >
> > I've seen, twice, "advertisements" carried by normally-OK websites  
> > that pop
> > up that "your computer is infected" box.  Evidently, the bad guys have
> > compromised some advertising-distribution server[s], in addition to  
> > the
> > IFRAME issue.  Or maybe it it's the same issue.
> 
> Does the Adblock plug-in for firefox help in this situation,  
> especially with the addition of the Filterset.G updater?
> 
> -Jon
> _______________________________________________
> GEEKS:  http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/geeks