22 July 2006

The National Review web site has a web virus

I followed the link Why Ann Coulter doesn't write on the National Review anymore - "emoting rather than thinking" - a letter from the NRO editor (in case you missed it) from Reddit.com. First, Opera tried to download exp.wmf:

exp.wmf

Then, AntiVir Guard reported this:

C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\ADMINISTRATOR\APPLICATION DATA\OPERA\OPERA\PROFILE\CACHE4\OPR00O0A.PHP

Contains signature of the VBS script virus VBS/Drop.Inor.EB

I could only dismiss the Opera dialog by clicking the X, and everytime I tried to switch tabs the tab with National Review would be forced into view again. I just hope Opera and AntiVir blocked everything... Hey! It's another reason to avoid conservative web sites!

[ posted by sstrader on 22 July 2006 at 10:06:16 AM in Science & Technology ]