I just got my first Trojan today while using Chrome

[AzJazz]

... and by "first Trojan", I mean first Trojan. I've been virus/infection free now for more years than I can count.

I have been using Firefox religiously for years, with the invaluable NoScript add-in always installed and running.

I decided to try Google Chrome, and I liked what I saw. So, I started using it more ... until today.

Since I got an infection, I have tried searching for a NoScript-type add-in, and came up with nothing.

Does anybody know where I can get a NoScript-style add-in? I hope somebody has come up with something by now. If Google Chrome won't support something like NoScript, Google must be planning on always being a second-tier player in the browser market.

[Stamga]

The only reason you get trojans is when you visit non-friendly sites... EDIT: or hacked...

Plugins are not yet available (Google should be working on it), which means that there are no scripts yet available like the one you described.

[AzJazz]

The only reason you get trojans is when you visit non-friendly sites...

Hmmm ... Let's see which non-friendly sites I visited today. Checking my short list of sites that I visited today with my Google Chrome browser:

• Amazon.com
• KettleFoods.com
• Astronomy Picture of the Day (nasa.gov)
• FreshAndEasy.com

Pretty non-friendly, huh? One of the main reasons I run NoScript in Firefox is that even the honest webpage owners don't know when they've been hijacked. My wife (who sadly uses Internet Explorer) got an infection notice a few weeks ago when she went to the website of a popular restaurant here in town. All she did was go to the main page. Fortunately, I had already installed a virus checker on her laptop when she wasn't looking.

I believe in safe browsing, and I do that by not trusting anybody's website. That's why I want protection.

Chrome will have to get archived for now, I guess. It's a shame, 'cause I liked the speed.

Once somebody has developed good protection, I'll jump back in. For now, I'm back to Firefox ...

Cheers!

AzJazz

[BlaqReaper]

Although I completely agree that Chrome should get plug-ins ASAP, I recommend/and hope you are not simply relying on a plug-in for viruses. Get a virus scanner/firewall too.

[AzJazz]

Although I completely agree that Chrome should get plug-ins ASAP, I recommend/and hope you are not simply relying on a plug-in for viruses. Get a virus scanner/firewall too.

Oh, I absolutely agree! I have a free 2-way firewall (COMODO), free anti-virus (AVG), and router. Keeps me pretty clean.

Since the main (if not "the only" **) way that viruses get into your computer is via the internet & javascript, I want a really good first-line of defense with a javascript manager that I can configure for websites that I want to trust.

** I could include Sony's rootkit virus install via their music CDs as an additional source, but that's an edge case. I always have AutoPlay turned off on my PC (highly recommended), so that isn't an issue.

[Tanino]

I got a trojan virus too ..... shit !!!
I was using firefox and I hade a lot of add-in (plug in) and I never got some virus!
Today I tried to install a "video download for YouTube" and this don't work I don't saw any
icon installed and wen I uninstalled the plug in and I go back to the plug in site from google chrome this was removed !!! I got suspicios immediatelly and I scanned my computer and I hade a trojan virus !!!

Nice !!! :-(