Calyxa

I'm not so sure where to post this but BEWARE OF THIS WEB PAGE!! ----> http://default-homepage-network.com/index2.html
edit: link deactivated for safety purposes - DC

It seems to be exploting a hole in Internet Explorer !

I generally leave my machine on all day and all night. However, recently I've been neglectful at downloading Microsoft's updates and as we all know there is always some 'critical service pack update' coming out every friggen day with the big M. Well....
one day i come home and go to my pc and open up Internet explorer and call up my homepage... (generally i have it set to blank but i changed that opting for my verison dsl homepage instead, thougth why i have no idea, except for a change from monotony) I notice that another page is opening not my homepage... so i sit incredulous... next my cd drive and cdrw driv doors automatically open... now i'm freaked. I log off of my internet connection and do a full virus scan. I find nothing. Now Norton Antivirus hasn't been working so good since my OS upgrade and my installation of the new Hard Drive, so i realize that it may not have found the virus due to the fact that I havent been able to download the latest virus definitions... (thanks Norton ! ). So i vow to switch to another virus software and make a mental note.

I think all is well, no damage done. Then it happens again. This time i see the site is trying to auto dowload a file from the server. I stop it. I set my homepage back to blank and go to the windows update page to download whatever stupid service pack i need to patch this very big gaping hole in my pc's security.
The crazy thing is - norton firewall picked up the attack on my proxy but let the attacker through~!

I'm truly freaked out~!@#%R@!

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