DatOneLefty wrote:

TheDigitalDev wrote:

I'm sorry to tell you, but it's not as dangerous as it sounds. It may drop a payload into your computer if you click on them, but other than that it's fine. If you're still paranoid, use adblocker, problem solved. As for cookies, all cookies are is a text file on your computer with session tokens or username/passwords that are hashed out and encrypted.

adblock doesnt work on tinypic. i tried

dude341 wrote:

I have a question: Can a blackhat exploit effect mac? I went to the wrong paint.net (that is a virus website, don't go there!) website and WOT says it has blackhat exploits. What do they do, and can they effect Mac? If so, what do I do?

TheDigitalDev wrote:

dude341 wrote:

I have a question: Can a blackhat exploit effect mac? I went to the wrong paint.net (that is a virus website, don't go there!) website and WOT says it has blackhat exploits. What do they do, and can they effect Mac? If so, what do I do?

If it's a malicious website, it probably has tons of backdoors to drop small payloads of nasty suprises to your computer. And yes, it can affect mac if it's written for mac. A website can see your browser and OS through a user agent, then deploy the correct virus file to compromise your Mac and infect it. Best thing you could probably do to prevent this is just prevent visiting the website and always keep an antivirus/firewall.

dude341 wrote:

TheDigitalDev wrote:

dude341 wrote:

I have a question: Can a blackhat exploit effect mac? I went to the wrong paint.net (that is a virus website, don't go there!) website and WOT says it has blackhat exploits. What do they do, and can they effect Mac? If so, what do I do?

If it's a malicious website, it probably has tons of backdoors to drop small payloads of nasty suprises to your computer. And yes, it can affect mac if it's written for mac. A website can see your browser and OS through a user agent, then deploy the correct virus file to compromise your Mac and infect it. Best thing you could probably do to prevent this is just prevent visiting the website and always keep an antivirus/firewall.

So can a blackhat exploit effect Mac? I know viruses effect Mac

Firedrake969 wrote:

black hat = malicious
exploit = well, exploit…

basically any malicious exploit… lol

comp09 wrote:

dude341 wrote:

TheDigitalDev wrote:

dude341 wrote:

I have a question: Can a blackhat exploit effect mac? I went to the wrong paint.net (that is a virus website, don't go there!) website and WOT says it has blackhat exploits. What do they do, and can they effect Mac? If so, what do I do?

If it's a malicious website, it probably has tons of backdoors to drop small payloads of nasty suprises to your computer. And yes, it can affect mac if it's written for mac. A website can see your browser and OS through a user agent, then deploy the correct virus file to compromise your Mac and infect it. Best thing you could probably do to prevent this is just prevent visiting the website and always keep an antivirus/firewall.

So can a blackhat exploit effect Mac? I know viruses effect Mac

What is this blackhat exploit you speak of? Please give me a proper definition for this nonstandard vocabulary.

dude341 wrote:

there are not a lot of viruses for Mac.

cheeseeater wrote:

dude341 wrote:

there are not a lot of viruses for Mac.

http://www.howtogeek.com/210589/mac-os-x-isn%E2%80%99t-safe-anymore-the-crapware-malware-epidemic-has-begun/
http://www.howtogeek.com/76628/online-safety-who-says-macs-dont-get-viruses/
https://blog.malwarebytes.org/fraud-scam/2013/07/fbi-ransomware-now-targeting-apples-mac-os-x-users/
https://blog.malwarebytes.org/mac/2015/10/is-mac-malware-on-the-rise/

Firedrake969 wrote:

(and lower consumer market share)

comp09 wrote:

I'm just going to leave this here again:

__init__ wrote:

Anyone seen danooct1 on youtube? He tests out vintage viruses on old computers, and it's pretty cool. http://youtube.com/user/danooct1

MegaApuTurkUltra wrote:

comp09 wrote:

I'm just going to leave this here again:

^^

Vetpetmon wrote:

In Business class, two computers won't work right.

And I check the program files. Look at what I find:

- ew658yfuyde7
- 4865niruvjp0
- 4nnbst573d

0_0

…?!

VIRUS ON THE SCHOOL COMPUTERS?!