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2009
Monday 13 April 2009 Conficker botnet stirs, with a scareware business model
Monday 13 April 2009 Conficker Worm Removal see w-n advice
UPDATE4/10/2009: Reports are coming in identifying SpywareProtect2009 as being another of the specific scareware tactics being used after Conficker's latest update. The victim receives a warning and is prompted to purchase the removal tool @$49.99, then the download streams in from the Ukraine. Do not under any circumstances follow instructions from one of these prompts.
2008
Thu, 30 Oct 2008
1. snopes.com: Life Is Beautiful Virus email with a PowerPoint presentation called "Life is beautiful.pps." >>>> If you receive it DO NOT OPEN THE FILE UNDER ANY.. ...file, a message will appear on your s creen saying: "It is too >>>> late now, your life is no longer beautiful", subsequently you will >>>> LOSE EVERYTHING IN YOUR... Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:17:16 GMT www.snopes.com/com
Saturday 13 December 2008 US shuts down 'scareware' sellers [Buy Now]
More than one million Americans have been caught out by a ruse peddling fake security software, say US authorities.
Sunday 02 November 2008 Trojan virus steals banking info
Hundreds of thousands of people have been hit by a globe-trotting virus that has been scooping up bank login details. Do NOT give your PASS WORD in the small window
Saturday 20 September 2008 You should be alert during the next few days. Do not open any message with an attachment entitled 'POSTCARD FROM HALLMARK' regardless of who sent it
to you. It is a virus which opens A POSTCARD IMAGE, which 'burns' the whole
hard Disc C of your computer. This virus will be received from someone who
has your e-mail address in his/her contact list.
Friday 05 September 2008 Zombie plague sweeps the internet
The number of home computers hijacked by hi-tech criminals leaps during the summer, says a security monitoring firm.
Thursday 22 May 2008 Identify e-mails trying to steal your identity
You open your in-box and find e-mail from eBay or PayPal, warning that your account has been compromised by identity thieves and that you must log on immediately to verify your information. Sounds scary, right? But here's the really terrifying part: that e-mail is a fake, and so is the Web site it's sending you to. If you follow the instructions and provide your account info, so-called phishers will steal your identity. You may soon find that these scammers have used your data to purchase all kinds of things on eBay you've never heard of, and the sellers are demanding payment. Your eBay reputation and your credit rating will be in tatters. And that's just for starters. more good tips
Saturday 19 April 2008 If you get a request "Verify and Update Your Videotron.Ca Email "
from videotron.ca admin [videotron.ca@admin.org]
CONFIRM YOUR EMAIL IDENTITY BELOW
First Name:...................
Last Name:...................
Email Username : ...............
Email Password : ................
Do Not Reply it is a fisher!
Forward it to abuse@videotron.ca
Monday 31 March 2008 OTTAWA: COMPUTER VIRUS INFECTED EPIDEMIC MONITORING AGENCY
A severe computer virus struck Canada's agency that helps to protect Canadians against epidemics last year. Hundreds of computers at the Public Health Agency of Canada fell victim to a computer worm that nearly brought operations to a halt last year, potentially endangering the lives of Canadians. The infection eventually knocked out 1,308 work stations in three cities. It took more than a month to eradicate the virus. The computer worm also spread to Health Canada after the infected agency computers tapped into the bigger department's data network. The attack is estimated to have cost the agency up to CDN$1.5 million. More than 50 technicians and other experts struggled for weeks to contain the damage.
Saturday 20 September 2008 You should be alert during the next few days. Do not open any message with an attachment entitled 'POSTCARD FROM HALLMARK' regardless of who sent it
to you. It is a virus which opens A POSTCARD IMAGE, which 'burns' the whole
hard Disc C of your computer. This virus will be received from someone who
has your e-mail address in his/her contact list.
Friday 29 February 2008 attachment entitled 'POSTCARD,' regardless of who sent it to you.
It is a virus which opens A POSTCARD IMAGE, which 'burns' your whole hard
Friday 05 October 2007 Putting a stop to online infection
HACKING used to be done by kids for kicks or bragging rights. Nowadays, it’s big business for organised crime, often out of reach of the law, on the far side of the world. Connect an unprotected personal computer to the internet for more than 15 seconds and it will almost certainly be attacked by a virus or worse. That’s how ruthlessly effective the army of malicious robots, dispatched by criminals to scour the net for vulnerable computers, has become
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