I recently received this email from webroot: ‘PayPal Account Modified’ themed emails lead to Black Hole Exploit Kit‘PayPal Account Modified’ themed emails lead to Black Hole Exploit Kit. Could that be connected to a Bill Me Later account? Also, will web root find these "black Hole Explorer Kits and what is the Black Hole Explorer kit?
Thanks,
Donna
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Hi there I'm pretty new to the forum.
Best answer by RetiredTripleHelix
Hello Donna and Welcome to the Webroot Community Forums.
Please have a look at this Webroot Threat Blog Post to learn more about this Blackhole exploit kit and how to limit any exposure and also WSA would detect any payload the exploit kit would try to download and execute.
Defenses against the Blackhole exploit kit
TH
View originalPlease have a look at this Webroot Threat Blog Post to learn more about this Blackhole exploit kit and how to limit any exposure and also WSA would detect any payload the exploit kit would try to download and execute.
Defenses against the Blackhole exploit kit
- Make sure the browser, browser's plugins, and operating system are up to date. The Blackhole exploit kit targets vulnerabilities in old versions of browsers such as Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Safari as well as many popular plugins like Adobe Flash, Adobe Reader and Java SE Runtime.
TH
+56Hello Donna and Welcome to the Webroot Community Forums.
Please have a look at this Webroot Threat Blog Post to learn more about this Blackhole exploit kit and how to limit any exposure and also WSA would detect any payload the exploit kit would try to download and execute.
Defenses against the Blackhole exploit kit
TH
Please have a look at this Webroot Threat Blog Post to learn more about this Blackhole exploit kit and how to limit any exposure and also WSA would detect any payload the exploit kit would try to download and execute.
Defenses against the Blackhole exploit kit
- Make sure the browser, browser's plugins, and operating system are up to date. The Blackhole exploit kit targets vulnerabilities in old versions of browsers such as Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Safari as well as many popular plugins like Adobe Flash, Adobe Reader and Java SE Runtime.
TH
Hello Donna, Welcome to the Webroot Community Forum. 😃
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