rise2it - 11:10 am on Jan 6, 2010 (gmt 0)

I had a buddy that called me about this on his computer right after Christmas.

I 'clean' computers for a few friends, and always smirk a bit because they are so careless.

As luck would have it, less than an hour later, I clicked a link and went directly from Google to hitting a webpage that caused an instant infestation - from a (probably hacked) site that should have been harmless. (Surfing in Firefox, not IE)

I keep things on my machine locked down pretty tight, and still got nailed.

I know how to get rid of this stuff when it happens, but I feel for the 98% of people who don't.

Things like this do NOT breed confidence in the online experience for the average person, especially when Joe Average already has concerns about identity theft and online shopping - and THAT should concern all of us in this forum.