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Hackers use websites you visit daily to attack you - here's how to protect yourself
Topic Started: Mar 26 2016, 08:06 AM (462 Views)
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It's generally accepted that hackers are smart and sneaky, but we got another big reminder last weekend when several major sites, including the New York Times, BBC, MSN, Answers.com, AOL.com and thousands of other sites were used to serve malicious ads. Tens of thousands of users clicking on the ads ended up on sites that launched automated attacks against their computers using the Angler exploit kit.

If Angler found weaknesses on a computer, it could either install the TeslaCrypt ransomware or Bedep Trojan. In other words, users either found their files locked and held for ransom, or got a flood of other malware on their system. To keep that from happening to you, we're going to look at how this attack works and what you can do to defend yourself from future versions.

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2016/03/25/hackers-use-websites-visit-daily-to-attack-heres-how-to-protect-yourself.html
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Malwarebytes free malware protection-really, really good.

Malwarebytes premium- even better.
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