Articles from March 2010
March 29, 2010 | Posted by admin
Filter Spam Because most email scams begin with unsolicited commercial email, you should take measures to prevent spam from getting into your mailbox. Most email applications and web mail services include spam-filtering features, or ways in which you can configure your email applications to filter spam. Consult the help file for your email application or [...]
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March 28, 2010 | Posted by admin
These emails, which appear to come from seemingly legitimate law firms, indicate that someone has filed a copyright lawsuit against the message recipient. The messages may contain malicious attachments or web links. If a user opens the attachment or follows the link, malicious code may be installed on the user’s system. Overview An email is [...]
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March 27, 2010 | Posted by admin
Trojan Horse Email Trojan horse email offers the promise of something you might be interested in—an attachment containing a joke, a photograph, or a patch for software vulnerability. When opened, however, the attachment may do any or all of the following: create a security vulnerability on your computer open a secret “backdoor” to allow an [...]
Categories: General, Viruses, Spyware, and Other Malicious Software | Tags: access to files, breach of security, computer clarity, email attatchments, free virus sweeper, identity theft, love bug, online remote security, security bulletin, security vulnerability, trojan, Trojan horse email, virtual postcard, virus | No Comments »
March 25, 2010 | Posted by admin
Social Engineering/Phishing Email Social engineering is a strategy for obtaining information people wouldn’t normally divulge, or prompting an action people normally wouldn’t perform, by preying on their natural curiosity and/or willingness to trust. Perpetrators of scams and other malicious individuals combine social engineering with email in a number of ways. Phishing Email Phishing emails are [...]
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