New Threat Appears on Web Pages

I’ve said it before and I will say it again, the Internet continues to become more dangerous as new web pages are infected at an ever increasing rate.

A recent blog written by Graham Cluley for SophoLabs reveals that a new web based threat is blowing previous web-based malware out of the water.  It is found six times more often than its nearest rival. 

Sophos Calls this malware Troj/JSRedir-R.  It accounts for 42% of all malicious infections found on web sites over the last week.

A Trojan can look like a legitimate computer program, however, it has been intentionally created to disrupt or damage your computer activity.   Trojans can take control of a computer and use it for various criminal activities including Spamming, Phishing, Designated Denial of Service Attacks, and more.  Most of the time Trojans operate behind the scenes without the computer user knowing the computer is infected. 

Generally, JSRedir-R can be found on legitimate sites.  The Trojan is mixed or hidden behind JavaScript.  When an infected web page is visited malicious content is loaded on the computer with the user’s knowledge.

Unfortunately, you can’t tell an infected web site from one that isn’t.  Even high traffic popular web sites can be infected. 

It is important that your computer is protected against this new threat.  Many over-the-counter, free ware and low grade protection products do not protect against this new malware. 

Everyone should understand that the Internet is becoming more dangerous as cybercriminals become more creative and devious in their ways.  SophosLabs most recent security threat report reveals that a new infected web page appears every 4.5 seconds.  This is three times more than the rate in 2007!  Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like things are going to get better in the future.

To protect yourself against new threats like this you need to have high grade computer protection.  I recommend locking your computer down with a new way of protecting computers… managed computer services.  This kind of service locks the computer down with high quality professional grade protection and includes unlimited tech support at no additional charge.  This is cutting edge protection for 21st century problems.