Virus from freeserials.com - How did it get through??

[Leady4]

All the progs were updated before running them BTW

 

[TheMajor]

AVG picks up the virus whenever I visit the site.
It is immediately put in the vault but I am concerned with how easily it gets through.
Is IE6 that rubbish that anyone can send me anything through without my knowledge? How can I stop this?
It's not sent by active X because I never install them unless I know they are trusted.
Can they send stuff using active scripting, java or flash?
And if so why does my firewall not block them?
Do I need to change my browser to one that is more secure?

Yes, change your browser. When using IE, anything gets through.

 

[Leady4]

Which is best and where do I get it from?
You say that browsers like FireFox and Opera also let stuff through if there's no Antivirus keeping them out.
What do I need to improve my security?

 

[Osiris]

dont always beleive everything you read here.

 

[Grayfox]

Is IE6 that rubbish that anyone can send me anything through without my knowledge? How can I stop this?

You could switch to firefox and get the windows meta file exploite fix from windows update that will remove about 90% of the ways spyware/virus's will get in. (Both IE6 and IE7 are very insecure compared to firefox and opera.)

 

[Osiris]

You could switch to firefox and get the windows meta file exploite fix from windows update that will remove about 90% of the ways spyware/virus's will get in. (Both IE6 and IE7 are very insecure compared to firefox and opera.)

How do you figure 90%?

 

[Law]

Does the Trojan still come back? I saw this kind before, it will change your desktop, it will change a bunch of thing and than installed a spyware scanner on your computer and tell you to buy the software because you are infected. LOL I think it's this one, because I was playing around at my security class and infected the machine on purpose (we were allow to do so).

 

[Leady4]

When using IE6 trojan always get down loaded in to Temporary internet folder. Don't think i actually get infected with the virus as AVG puts it straight in to the Vault and I never execute the file.
when visiting the site using Opera it actually tells me that an exe file is trying to be transfered to my computer.
I presume that the settings for active scripting in IE6 are not as secure as Opera but if there is a setting in Opera for a prompt to pop up when anyone tries to send a file then why not IE6? probably just cos it's microsoft s***
I have experimented by turning off certain aspects (ie active scripting) using the security settings in IE6 but this limits the amount of legit sites I can use due to them requiring flash etc.
Any further advice that anyone can offer would be much appreciated.