Virus writers target Wikipidia

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by DavidGP, Nov 6, 2006.

  1. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    A new tactic in trying to get users to download whats listed as a fix but in reality is a virus!!!! NICE :rolleyes:

    So folks beware of downloading or going to pages with malware fixes that are not recognised sites.



    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6120268.stm
     
  2. nitecrawler

    nitecrawler Guest

    Always loved Wikipedia, seems a shame that these cyber nutcases should prey on the trusted..... thanks for the heads up Halo!

    Regards..
     

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