Hello there,
today, i was browsing a Wikia-based database, when it occured to me that i was redirected to a page whilst only clicking a seemingly direct link to another article. The window shifted to a dubious URL, triggering a pop-up informing me i apparently have to update my flash player. Accidentally, i hit "OK" in this window, loading down a "setup.exe" file, then revealing the blatantly fake webpage, complete with typos like "ad0be" and "flashpaly". My little investigation yielded me the knowledge that this is apparently a fairly spread problem, therefore i assume you should be familiar with this. It came from a French URL, in contrast to the common American ones, but that seems likely due to me being located in Europe. A quick scan with Comodo Internet Security showed no potential threats as well.
At the time of occurrence in was running the virtual version of Comodo Dragon, which is apparently operating isolated/sandboxed. I couldn't find the file in my download folder either. Extensions in Dragon also weren't corrupted, and my computer or browser doesn't seem to be affected in any way. However, admittedly lack the expierience in spy- and malware combat and this is why i would like to know if i could even have been infected behind an isolated browser, with no signs showing four hours after the download, whose contents seem to be deleted.
As this is basically solved already, please treat this as a low-priority question and have my apologies for pestering you with such a minor problem.
Thanks in advance,
Tsutarja
today, i was browsing a Wikia-based database, when it occured to me that i was redirected to a page whilst only clicking a seemingly direct link to another article. The window shifted to a dubious URL, triggering a pop-up informing me i apparently have to update my flash player. Accidentally, i hit "OK" in this window, loading down a "setup.exe" file, then revealing the blatantly fake webpage, complete with typos like "ad0be" and "flashpaly". My little investigation yielded me the knowledge that this is apparently a fairly spread problem, therefore i assume you should be familiar with this. It came from a French URL, in contrast to the common American ones, but that seems likely due to me being located in Europe. A quick scan with Comodo Internet Security showed no potential threats as well.
At the time of occurrence in was running the virtual version of Comodo Dragon, which is apparently operating isolated/sandboxed. I couldn't find the file in my download folder either. Extensions in Dragon also weren't corrupted, and my computer or browser doesn't seem to be affected in any way. However, admittedly lack the expierience in spy- and malware combat and this is why i would like to know if i could even have been infected behind an isolated browser, with no signs showing four hours after the download, whose contents seem to be deleted.
As this is basically solved already, please treat this as a low-priority question and have my apologies for pestering you with such a minor problem.
Thanks in advance,
Tsutarja