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What happened to Helios?
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:29 pm
by dann
When I hit the Lobby4Linux.com website it dumps the browser screen and tells me I have been hit by a virus. Then wants me to do a virus scan. It comes back with some knockoff virus checker. Annoying.
I recall he talked about this and posted a link to the example. I wonder if someone hijacked his site.
Re: What happened to Helios?
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:15 am
by dann
Odd, I emailed him and he said nothing was wrong and things should be good. I went back to the page this morning and it was fine. But here is the rub.
Go to google and do a search on helios solutions. Hit the first link and you will see what I am talking about.
http://www.lobby4linux.com/
That is the link right there.
Re: What happened to Helios?
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:44 am
by dann
Alright, here is the skinny on how it's working. Hitting the site directly will not produce the compromise. If you hit he site from a referrer it may fire off. Now I suspect that if you click on the link above it's not going to fire because it may just be working on referrals from google and/or other search engines. Pretty sneaky. Most people would not think to go to their own pages through a search engine and may never be aware they have been exploited.
I blame Linc of course.