Chrome was the last browser standing for two consecutive years at Pwn2Own. There's not a more secure browser.
I'm sure you already know this but there are problems with every review site. I use the CNET/Download.com all the time, and frequently use the other four you linked. CNET has a problem with dummy reviews posted by the program developers in the user reviews, and at least one of the other sites takes money from the advertiser to improve the rankings. Just saying, buyer beware and you have to question the reviewer's motive behind the rankings.
Somehow a test site named Pwn2Own just doesn't instill a sense of confidence in me.
If you don't have any of the infected browsers on your system then the vulnerability shouldn't be there for you to get infected. If you're concerned, while you're waiting yo hear back from Symantec and McAfee, I'd suggest using Chrome to visit Stratics because it won't have that vulnerability.
It's a hackers' site... who better to test AV program vulnerabilities? Umm... unless they WANT the vulnerabilities in there.... dang, who CAN you trust?Somehow a test site named Pwn2Own just doesn't instill a sense of confidence in me.
It should.Somehow a test site named Pwn2Own just doesn't instill a sense of confidence in me.
It's not a website, it's a well-respected international competition. The purpose is to identify security vulnerabilities. Security professionals and hackers, alike, attend the competition and attempt to find exploitable vulnerabilities. If they are able to pop it, they get to keep it.Somehow a test site named Pwn2Own just doesn't instill a sense of confidence in me.
That certainly makes it sound more promising. My initial reaction was a mental ' Yeah, right, they pwn my computer thanks to a vulnerability they don't mention 2Own my computer and add it to some botnet'.It's not a website, it's a well-respected international competition. The purpose is to identify security vulnerabilities. Security professionals and hackers, alike, attend the competition and attempt to find exploitable vulnerabilities. If they are able to pop it, they get to keep it.Somehow a test site named Pwn2Own just doesn't instill a sense of confidence in me.
Ok. The impartial website you recommended says the following about Norton:
Never forget, a review is usually done quickly, at a set point in time, and even the more thorough ones on internet protection simply can't do a very good job if their review is to come out quickly after release of the product. The real test of a security suite, like the Norton one, comes when it's deployed across a few systems for a fair length of time, including allowing a few of the updates that should be coming out very regularly to get in place, and it gets exposed to the real world.
late lastnight I ran a sunvm with xp pro sp1, ie 6 and no protection at all. only network and activesync in systray, completely unprotected. I logged into this site, clicked on every single link the OP gave us. I got a message saying that 'talisman' is undefined on some of the pages. I then turned the vm box off and then scanned the swap file that acts like the virtual hd of the vm. Nothing was found, no malware, no trojans, no nothing. norton is freaking out cause it's seeing something 'undefined' while using ie6. norton doesn't say there is xyzuploaderubertrojan.exe on your system, it says there is a vulnerability solely while using ie6 and that you are open to attack/s, from these types of vulnerabilities specifically. Just because norton got good review (finally?) does not mean they are infallible, they are just covering they're collective butt's by spamming this to make sure ie 6 users update.
Me neither sorry was out of town for couple days. I am not a computer guru all I know was learned from owning and reading. My concern altho somewhat removed from the responses, is I have not changed much till recently. After the changes suggested I tried IE8 and the supposed 4 year old patch and still have same problem. I have been on this sight for 8 years. Never had a problem persay and they are tellin me it was patched in 04, and certain versions of IE are affected ok I changed those. Still it persists. Others say use this use that. My point is what I had been usin this hole time was fine. Till the hackin came about and I am bein fed that it is my fault. Blah Blah Blah maybe my skirt is to Short and I deserved it !
hmm ic. well I can't reproduce it myself with ie8 on a clean blank windows install, which leads me to believe your system may have been compromised with much older malware prior to the update or ... Norton is just flagging everything out of the ordinary no matter what. What's really telling it you still experience it after installing and using ie8 AND using other browsers. If there truly was an issue, way way way way more people would be experiencing it as well. Are all your windows updates current ? You should run a full scan properly, if you have any questions don't hesitate ask/pm for help.
The 'problem' you have is Norton telling you there is a 'problem'. If you are using IE8, or have a different patched and up to date browser - there really isn't any threat at all to your system.
My previous user names are Petra Fyde and Kelmo. Please reban these accounts
It happens on my wife's computer she is runnin XP also, as well as my son's who is runnin vista. He never uses stratics. They are up to date, I also run spybot have done scans and nuthin.
A warning from a major Internet Security System suddenly occuring from a website is hardly a junk topic. Tons of threads? Troll posts? Like the one of yours I am replying to? <g> Why don't you limit your replies to when you have something useful to contribute.Stop having people post this junk on the forums that causes more problems for the community. If there is a true problem then those who can fix don't have to go through tons of threads, troll posts and people who have nothing to offer to find the issue.
I didn't know UHALL was the unofficial IT department.
I've got a laid back weekend planned. I'll do a full re-install of Windows XP & Norton after fdisking the Hard drive and see if the alert still occurs. That should remove any electronic social diseases this computer may have picked up. Maybe one of Stratics advertisers has used code that is to close to that IE6 problem situation for Norton's liking. <shrug>
If you had actually read anything and knew the architecture, then you'd know that Chrome is the most secure browser. Its faster too, it just lacks the add-ons that firefox has.Somehow a test site named Pwn2Own just doesn't instill a sense of confidence in me.
A base install of XP comes with IE6 I believe, so the chances are that might be why Norton thinks you still have IE6, there could be enough traces in your system to confuse it. I'd say rather than go for a full install, hit your system with some good AV/anti malware programs and see if you can uninstall IE6 completely.
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But it has the ad blocker and a very nifty bookmark sync across computers. I swapped it to on all my machines a few weeks ago. Firefox was just getting too slow.
I'm not that concerned about it.
I just figure it will eliminate the malware possibility. All a re-install really means is stopping by the computer off & on tomorrow to change settings & CDs. I'll put in IE8 from the Microsoft website. When I return to the forum it will eliminate Malware as a possible cause.
Whoever happens to use norton will get this message. after updating spybot, hit the green+ immunize button again. what sites does your son get the popup norton alert from if he doesn't visit stratics ?
He hasn't noticed it on any of the sites he goes to. That being said even tho this is only affecting a few people. I felt it was still something worth bringing up. It seems some people like myself resist change to the point of ignorance LOL.......... I just D/L google chrome. All I can say is good by IE anything. Sure its not as flashy but it loads a post like this one with over 100 replies almost instantly. Something IE hasn't done for me in years. Thanks to all the constructive replies! You know the old sayin " You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink " Next time I hope someone plunges my head in..............
High five!
