I generally open up Google News (news.google.co.in) to get all the latest news. Recently, from about 3-4 days, my antivirus alerts me of a malware "Trojan:Win32/FakeSysdef" whenver I open any news article on the site "www.hindustantimes.com"
The following things happen.
1. As I open any link at Hindustan Times site, the "Java" icon pops up in the system tray. This means that some Java applet must be running.
2. My antivirus software detects malware "Trojan:Win32/FakeSysdef" (Microsoft malware encyclopedia entry here: Encyclopedia entry: Trojan:Win32/FakeSysdef - Learn more about malware - Microsoft Malware Protection Center)
The first time, my computer got infected with the malware & I had to manually remove it. Once, my antivirus also detected some "Exploits" as soon as I opened any page of the above mentioned site.
I think the site is being exploited without the knowledge of the owners as Hindustan Times is a reputed media agency. I don't know where else to complian about it, so I posted here. I even sent an e-mail to Hindustan Times but there was no reply.
Did anyone experience such problem recently ?
The following things happen.
1. As I open any link at Hindustan Times site, the "Java" icon pops up in the system tray. This means that some Java applet must be running.
2. My antivirus software detects malware "Trojan:Win32/FakeSysdef" (Microsoft malware encyclopedia entry here: Encyclopedia entry: Trojan:Win32/FakeSysdef - Learn more about malware - Microsoft Malware Protection Center)
The first time, my computer got infected with the malware & I had to manually remove it. Once, my antivirus also detected some "Exploits" as soon as I opened any page of the above mentioned site.
I think the site is being exploited without the knowledge of the owners as Hindustan Times is a reputed media agency. I don't know where else to complian about it, so I posted here. I even sent an e-mail to Hindustan Times but there was no reply.
Did anyone experience such problem recently ?
