Re: [squid-users] Security Issue with Squid (help!)

On 26.07.07 12:10, Reid wrote:
> This morning while using squid as a proxy, whenever I went to a popular
> website (e.g. Hotmail, Amazon), I noticed my Internet Explorer browser
> warning me about cookies from restricted sites. The list of sites was
> weird stuff like kikclick.com/ovosearch.com/777seo.com (stuff that had
> nothing to do with Hotmail/Amazon/etc). Then the page would try to launch
> my MS Outlook (virus like behavior).
>
> But I was able to get rid of the junk by hitting refresh, which I assumed
> forced squid to get a new version of the page..?
>
> Does anyone know what is going on here? And how can I prevent this from
> happening again?

that's not squid problem, but you could use some kind of antivirus for
squid, which could protect you a bit.

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