Supernovasky Posted May 19, 2010 ID:252803 Share Posted May 19, 2010 Obviously there are sites out there that are known to be safe, but how can you tell if a site is safe before visiting it. I'm curious because today at school I went to a perfectly normal looking website and on the page were ads and I think the ad tried to load some trojan on the computer that the schools anti-virus blocked. This is the school and I'm not really concerned for them but at home what would be a way to know before ever clicking the link (if thats possible). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSnakeKobra Posted May 20, 2010 ID:252823 Share Posted May 20, 2010 Hi Supernovasky,Hosts files will help block unsafe sites upon visiting. You can also look them up. Try running Sandboxie. Sandboxie will prevent 100% of threats from getting in your system. Unless a vulnerability is known.http://hosts-file.net/http://www.unmaskparasites.comhttp://www.whois.net/http://ip-address-lookup-v4.com/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kangaroo Posted May 20, 2010 ID:252842 Share Posted May 20, 2010 how is it possible to get a trojan by visiting a site from my knowledge you only can trojan from downloading and executing ".exe" files??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountaintree16 Posted May 20, 2010 ID:252844 Share Posted May 20, 2010 Exploits (especially via outdated software such as Adobe Reader flash, Java, etc) or simply exploiting a security vulnerability present on the website itself, an infected advertisement, things like that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernovasky Posted May 20, 2010 Author ID:252870 Share Posted May 20, 2010 Exploits (especially via outdated software such as Adobe Reader flash, Java, etc) or simply exploiting a security vulnerability present on the website itself, an infected advertisement, things like that. Yeah of course I'm not sure how it happened, I just know the schools outdated Kaspersky blocked some trojan thing. Plus the school still uses IE7, Java v6 build 14 or something , Adobe 7...etc most of their stuff is far from protected the only reason why nothing really gets on their systems is because of the use of Websense... but I mean they are very vulnerable to just about anything... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountaintree16 Posted May 20, 2010 ID:252879 Share Posted May 20, 2010 Oh I know you know, I was replying to Kangaroo actually That's not good that Kaspersky is outdated But at least it blocked the threat.IE7 though is still supported and will continue to be for quite some time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile360 Posted May 20, 2010 ID:252886 Share Posted May 20, 2010 Safe sites get hijacked/hacked all the time as well. I've seen infections and exploits on MSN, a Microsoft site (and many other safe sites as well, that's just an example). Certain sites and types of sites will certainly be more risky than others, but the only 100% safe site is the one you never visit so keep your defenses up by keeping your system up to date, good, active security software installed, and of course, use common sense. Stay away from the "free" stuff that sounds too good to be true, avoid P2P and stay away from social networking sites unless you absolutely need to use them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
666philb Posted May 20, 2010 ID:253089 Share Posted May 20, 2010 Web of trust is a good plugin for your browser......"The WOT add-on is a safe surfing tool for your browser. Traffic-light rating symbols show which websites you can trust when you search, shop and surf on the Web. " http://www.mywot.com/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSnakeKobra Posted May 20, 2010 ID:253118 Share Posted May 20, 2010 Yes WOT is very good. Have installed on FX. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaze Posted May 20, 2010 ID:253171 Share Posted May 20, 2010 You can install WOT on your computer as a browser plug-in, it's quite neat .Other than that, you can also look up a website on their homepage.If you want to look up websites, you can also use the ones below:http://safeweb.norton.com/http://browsingprotection.f-secure.com/swp/http://hosts-file.net/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoKenny1 Posted May 20, 2010 ID:253177 Share Posted May 20, 2010 WOT is user biased. I preferFinjan SecureBrowsing is a free service that proactively alerts you to potential malicious content hiding behind links of search results, ads and other selected web pages. Finjan SecureBrowsing accesses each of the URLs in its current form on the web, and scans the relevant pages in real time using Finjan's patented behavior-based technology. Finjan SecureBrowsing then displays a safety rating next to each link it has scanned. http://securebrowsing.finjan.com/about.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernovasky Posted May 20, 2010 Author ID:253205 Share Posted May 20, 2010 I would use Finjan but its only Firefox and IE compatible I hate both. I thought about WOT but as kenny said its user rated and I used to use and I remember coming across a lot of poorly rated things. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kangaroo Posted May 21, 2010 ID:253373 Share Posted May 21, 2010 my sister was exploited with some java exploit virus thank god i read this topic now i learned virus not only spreads, through spam e-mail,usb,cd-from, but also website I am soo happy .. "knowledge is power" ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cdog Posted May 26, 2010 ID:256519 Share Posted May 26, 2010 I would use Finjan but its only Firefox and IE compatible I hate both. I thought about WOT but as kenny said its user rated and I used to use and I remember coming across a lot of poorly rated things.I'm curious about what Browser you do prefer..... ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountaintree16 Posted May 27, 2010 ID:257068 Share Posted May 27, 2010 Hi Cdog and welcome! I personally use Firefox the most, as I prefer it. It isn't necessarily any safer than Internet Explorer BUT if you use the add-ons NoScript and AdBlockPlus then that will make for a much safer Firefox experience.I use Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, and Orca Browser, but primarily Firefox and then Internet Explorer. I would primarily use Opera browser actually but unfortunately on my computer memory lows and then large spikes, off and on, occur so I can't really use it very often on my current computer.As a side note, when replying, please use the "ADD REPLY" button located at the bottom of to page. Thank you! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathaniel Posted June 21, 2010 ID:271428 Share Posted June 21, 2010 try mcafee website advisor just goggle it and u can download it its very good it tells u how many pops up and stuff try it ok? =D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
control Posted June 26, 2010 ID:274736 Share Posted June 26, 2010 AVG LinkScannerhttp://linkscanner.avg.com/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoKenny1 Posted June 26, 2010 ID:274790 Share Posted June 26, 2010 nathanielI know that mcafee website advisor rates known malware sites Green and is un-reliable: http://www.siteadvisor.com Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShyWriter Posted June 26, 2010 ID:274827 Share Posted June 26, 2010 FREE "ANYTHING"... is *usually* a pretty good warning of an UNSAFE site.So free nude pix, free music (your mileage may vary on just this one - music), free videos of 1st-run movies, free software (unless it's CNET, SoftPedia or similar that virus-scans ALL their downloads), key-code cracks, phreaking, how-to-make explosives, etc, et al (you see where I'm going with this; yes?) is/are a pretty good indicator the site is NOT safe.~Shy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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