Just back from fixing my computer from several kinds of viruses, all downloaded and executed through some exploit in my firefox (don't see any other way)
I was visiting some forums which never gave any problems in the past, Firefox says I need a plugin to view the content correctly. Then, without even clicking on it, winamp starts up and tries to play a file called "plugin". Next thing I know, my explorer.exe gets hijacked, a couple of viruses get downloaded on my computer and I'm unable to open any .exe files. My registry protector just got killed in the same moment, so the viruses managed to nestle themselves in the registry without any trouble. Rebooting gave an instant BSoD each time, so i went to safemode and managed to fix it from there after messing around a lot.
My sis had an equal problem on internet explorer less than a month ago, where her java just got overflowed buffer, which allowed everything like changed registry values and hijacked everything without any questions or notices. Same thing for a neighbour.
Has this happened to anyone else lately?
Are browsers really defenseless against whatever exploit got used in these cases?
Could the kgb (kaspersky) protect me against this any better than a regular free virusscan and a registry protector would?