Web 2.0: Attack of the JavaScript malware

Imagine you are sitting in front of your computer and all of a sudden you hear weird sounds coming from your hard drive.

Imagine you are sitting in front of your computer and all of a sudden you hear weird sounds coming from your hard drive.

You think, “what happened?” At first glance nothing -- but your browser is open and you don't remember any backup applications being active. Why is your hard drive working so hard? You ponder it and then wave it off, thinking it's probably just some index process running in the background.

A couple of minutes later, when it doesn't stop, you really get paranoid and recall that you don't have a backup plan. Besides, what sort of index process runs in the middle of the day anyway? Quickly you launch your task manager.

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