Most good anti-virus software will detect anything like that when trying to install, so, it's usually a matter of keeping one's computer security systems up-to-date, too. There's usually some kind of warning, too, when one opens a page with malware, so it could be that she missed the warnings. Deloris Williams -------------------------------------------------- From: "Charani" <charani.b@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2013 1:02 PM To: "Gene Phillips" <gnphllps@comcast.net> Cc: "Listowners" <LISTOWNERS@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [LO] Rootsweb hacked? > Gene Phillips wrote: >> I just read a message on the MS county coordinators list from >> someone who claims she got malware installed when she clicked on >> the link for her list tools for her county. I told her to report it >> to the helpdesk. As for me, I'm not going to any of my list tools >> until I'm sure they are clean. > > Possibly, no site is wholly immune from hacking; but if that were the > case, it's unlikely to be just one list affected, a number of list > admins would also be affected. We'll have to see how many more have > also been affected. None of my security programs has flagged a > problem. I've been to the list tools page for all my main lists > several times today for one reason or another. > > The person concerned could have picked up the malware from another > site around the same time, maybe as a drive-by. > > -- > Charani (UK) > OPC for Walton, Ashcott, Shapwick, > Greinton and Clutton, SOM > http://wsom-opc.org.uk > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LISTOWNERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message