That's a big negative, I did not press allow, or run or anything else... This was all on Opera, which is why I was seriously pissed off with Opera on this one.Trond wrote:If it did that, it means you clicked "Run" when asked. It's not Opera's fault.garretthylltun wrote:I was recently using Opera myself, but when I visited a website for some Windows Themes, it infected me with that damn "XP Antivirus 2008" malware program. I was a bit upset because I thought Opera might be a bit more safer to use and wouldn't get hit by such a thing, but it did. So I'm back to using FireFox with some plugins to prevent such things from hitting me again.
Other than that, Opera has come a long long way. Solid, useful, well done if you ask me.
Don't take me for some internet noob here. I was around when the Cello browser was around, when Netscape first showed up on the scene, when NCSA Mosaic was the thing, when Microsoft decided to join the bandwagon, and when Opera first showed up on the scene too. I have not been infected since 1992 when I got a virus from a floppy disk and vowed to never get infected again due to my own ignorance. I take my system security very seriously, and have spent years helping others secure their systems and use smarter browsing habits.
I've been using computers since the mid 1980's and programming since 1994. I don't press effen "Yes" to nothing on any website!
This is what pisses me off about die hard fans of any single product, they refuse to believe that their cherished product is capable of making a mistake.
Prior to this event, I was always recommending Opera to people, even when it was shareware. In fact, I still have my Opera 3.x registration.
It's as simple as this; Opera has a security vulnerability which allows active content to install itself and run itself without end user interaction.
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