14 DAY TRIAL // A few weeks ago it was reported that multiple popular websites were infected with some sort of malware that attempted to get visitors on other dangerous pages and infect their computers. Today, security vendor Sophos reminds us that it's pretty important to keep our antivirus up-to-date with the last virus definitions and patches as a new popular website was infected with a dangerous malware. Lao Airlines, the company that owns the affected website, is a flight reservation page that allows Australians to look for tickets to South East Asia. According to ITnews, the malware file is published at the bottom of the page and every new visitor is redirected to a website hosted in China that attempts to download and install new dangerous files.
"If you're using Internet Explorer it will just lead you off to the malicious site. It's an indicator of how pervasive this rubbish is becoming. Lao Airlines have become victims and we're communicating with their IT department at the moment through our Singapore offices. You can't assume it's going to be cool, you have to make sure you are protected," Sean Richmond, senior technology consultant at Sophos A/NZ said according to the same source.
In the last few weeks, the necessity of a powerful antivirus solution became a serious matter for all computer users because the threats are waiting for vulnerable computers and naive consumers that would permit them to install infections on their systems.
However, most antiviruses are already providing protection for the majority of threats embedded into such websites so you're not in danger if your computer is equipped with one of these tools.
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